What is the meter in this stanza from Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”? Whose woods these are I think I kno
w. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. iambic pentameter iambic tetrameter iambic trimeter iambic hexameter NextReset
"Iambic" is a term given to a particular pattern of feet in a poem, in which an author uses "iambs." An iamb is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. This is a common type of feet in English literature, and it is often associated with Shakespeare. It gives a particular rhythm and consistency to a text. "Tetrameter," on the other hand, refers to a line of four "feet."
This is making a comparison to Pinocchio. Saying it was such an obvious lie I’m surprised his nose didn’t start growing is an exaggeration of how unbelievable and far-fetched his lie fib was.