Question

Select the correct answer.

Read the excerpt from the poem “Easter, 1916” by William Butler Yeats. What is the foot pattern?

Coming with vivid faces
From counter or desk among grey

A. anapest (two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable)

B. iamb (an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable)

C. trochee (a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable)

D. dactyl (a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables)

Answer 1

C. trochee (a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllables)

Answer 2

C. trochee (a stressed syllable followed by an unatressed syllables