Question

Help w poetry!!!! "how do I love thee, let me count the ways" has how many feet?

Answer 1

5

This line is written in iambic pentameter. Each foot is an unstressed and stressed syllable together. [how DO] [i LOVE] [thee LET] [me COUNT] [the WAYS]. There are five feet. Because of the unstressed-stressed pattern each foot is considered an iamb. Since there are 5 feet or iambs per line, it is a pentameter. Pent is a root word meaning 5.