Question

Read the following excerpt from “The Lamb” by William Blake. What meter does Blake use in this poem? Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing wooly bright; A. iambic pentameter (The foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. This pattern repeats five times in each line.) B. dactylic tetrameter (The foot has a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. This pattern repeats four times in each line.) C. anapestic pentameter (The foot has two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. This pattern repeats five times in each line.) D. trochaic tetrameter (The foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. This pattern repeats four times in each line.)

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

D. trochaic TRIMETER (The foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. This pattern repeats THREE times in each line.)

Explanation:

William Blake's poem "The lamb" has trochaic trimeter ( a foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. This patter repeats three times in each line.

Little lamb who made thee?

Dost thou know who made thee?

bold syllables are stressed ones and italicized are unstressed. Blake mimicked the rhyme scheme AABB and trochaic rhythm of hymns ans nursery  rhymes in this poem.

Note: The trochaic meter used is trimeter and not tetrameter.