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Which line's meter is iambic?
A. Pirouette for the folks in the back.
B. I went to Boston Sunday morning.
C. Martin isn't ever going fishing now.
D. Music is harmony, rhythm, and melody.

User Speldosa
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Answer:

I believe line B is iambic:

B. I went to Boston Sunday morning.

Step-by-step explanation:

Iamb is a sequence consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. If that happens four times, for instance, it is called a iambic tetrameter. If it repeats five times, a iambic pentameter, and so on. Therefore, we are looking for the line that shows a pattern of unstressed-stressed. In that case, the only possibility is letter B. See what happens when we highlight the stressed syllables in line B:

B. I went to Boston Sunday morning.

We have iambs, an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. We can conclude, thus, that letter B is the best option.

Just to prove how the same does NOT happen in the other options, let's highlight their stressed syllables as well:

A. Pirouette for the folks in the back.

C. Martin isn't ever going fishing now.

D. Music is harmony, rhythm, and melody.

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