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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)

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Answer: I belive the answer above me is correct.

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I'm not 100% sure but I think its B

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