Question

Read the excerpt from the poem "Easter, 1916" by William Butler Yeats. What is the foot pattern?

Answer 1

Answer:

Trochee is the correct answer.

Explanation:

As explained in the options, a trochee is a metric foot, its parts are a short syllable after a long one; or well, a stressed syllable before an unstressed one. In the first line we can see both, as the syllables written in bold are stressed; we can also see an example of a long syllable: coming with vivid faces. In the second line, the pattern is very similar.