What foot pattern does Henry Wordsworth Longfellow use in this excerpt from "The Song of Hiawatha"? With their frequent repetiti
ons, And their wild reverberations A. Iamb (an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable) B. Trochee (a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable) C. Anapest (two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable) D. Dactyl (a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables)
The correct answer is B., Henry Wordsworth Longfellow uses Trochee (a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable) in this excerpt from "The Song of Hiawatha." The correct reading of these lines (bold letters for stressed syllables) would be:
A really good way to find comparisons if you can't think of any is to google the summary of the story and character descriptions from sparknotes, or where ever. That usually helps me when writing c/c essays.
