Question

Read the excerpt from “The Divine Image” by William Blake. Which meter is used in the third line?

For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is God, our father dear,
And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is Man, his child and care.

A.
iambic trimeter (The foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. This pattern repeats three times in the line.)
B.
trochaic dimeter (The foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. This pattern repeats two times in the line.)
C.
trochaic trimeter (The foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. This pattern repeats three times in the line.)
D.
iambic tetrameter (The foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. This pattern repeats four times in the line.)

Answer 1

Answer:A.

iambic trimeter (The foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. This pattern repeats three times in the line.)

B.

trochaic dimeter (The foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. This pattern repeats two times in the line.)

C.

trochaic trimeter (The foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. This pattern repeats three times in the line.)

D.

iambic tetrameter (The foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. This pattern repeats four times in the line.)

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