Question

Which of the following lines is an example of anapest?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea

Explanation:

Anapest is a metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.

And the sheen/ of their spears/ was like stars/ on the sea.

As we see, there are four feet of anapests in this line. This is an example of anapestic tetrameter.