Question

What is one characteristic of trochaic meter?

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The first syllable of each foot is stressed.

Explanation:

In poetry, there are various elements that make it a work of art. These elements add life to the poem, with the different elements such as the meter, rhyme, form, etc consisting of the building blocks of the poem.

A trochaic meter is the metrical feet where the two syllables of a word are contrary to each other. The first syllable is a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Thus, one characteristic of the trochaic meter is the stressed first syllable of a foot.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.