Question

Look at the following lines of verse, and select the lines that have four feet. I. I am a lady young in beauty waiting (John Crowe Ransom) II. The miller's wife has waited long (Edwin Arlington Robinson) III. I have met them at close of day (William Butler Yeats) IV. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast (Lord Byron)

Answer 1

1 2 3 4

4The Mill ers Wife has wait ed Long

5 I am a la dy young in beau ty wai ting

4 I have met them at close of day

I´m not sure about this one:

For the Angel (1) of Death (2) spread his wings (3) on the blast (4)

is possible.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Iambic tetrameter is a meter in poetry and refers to the fact that there are four feet in the line. It describes the meter or rhythm established by the words in a line. The rhythm is measured in groups of syllables called feet. An Iambic foot is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. But it must be said that in English poetry the most common meter is pentameter, a line of five feet.

Answer 2

II. The miller's wife has waited long (Edwin Arlington Robinson)

III. I have met them at close of day (William Butler Yeats)

Step-by-step explanation:

In poetry, feet are units of two or three syllables. Four feet also known as the iambic tetrameter has four lines stanza.

The lines in the verse that have four feet are II and III only.