The word milton is a trochee.
A trochee is a metric foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Milton is pronounced MILton. If Milton was an iamb, it would not vary from the traditional iambic pattern. Milton cannot be a dactyl because a dactyl is three syllables. The first syllable is stressed and is followed by two stressed syllables.
Humans are random, they may save some but not all.
Here re 5 animals who they would save.
CATS
DOGS
HORSE
BIRDS
FISH/
The correct answer is D. 7 - 4 - 6 - 4 - 6 - 6 - 5.
Just count the number of syllables: there are 7 in the first line, 4 in the second, 6 in the third, 4 in the fourth, 6 in the fifth, 6 in the sixth, and 5 in the seventh line. A syllable usually has only one vowel - if there are more than one vowel next to each other, that's called a diphth.ong and is counted as one syllable.
The tone of the story is in "I did not know what to do. I could not afford to be seen walking with her, and I did note even want to - but on the other hand, the flattery of those humble, hopeful turnings was not lost on me."
This talk about the change of the treatment of the character towards Myra after they had learned that she was sick. It shows that people changed when they learn something about the people around them and regret that they could have shown a better side of them in the beginning.
