Question

What is the meter pattern in these lines from "On Imagination" by Phillis Wheatley? Imagination! who can sing thy force? Or who describe the swiftness of thy course? A. trochaic tetrameter B. iambic pentameter C. spondaic hexameter D. anapestic pentameter E. iambic hexameter

Answer 1

Hi William,

Question - What is the meter pattern in these lines from "On Imagination" by Phillis Wheatley? Imagination! who can sing thy force? Or who describe the swiftness of thy course?

Answer - B. Iambic Pentameter

Iambic Pentameter - "a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable"

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Answer 2

Answer: B.  

iambic pentameter