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Ainat [17]
4 years ago
5

Select the correct answer. Read the following excerpt from “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Lord Alfred Tennyson. Based on t

his example, what is a dactylic foot? Half a League A. a foot with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable B. a foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable C. a foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable D. a foot with a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
English
1 answer:
Misha Larkins [42]4 years ago
3 0

Answer: D

Explanation:

on google you can find that:

A dactyl is a three-syllable metrical pattern in poetry in which a stressed syllable is followed by two unstressed syllables. ... The opposite of a dactyl is an anapest, a metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

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