Question

the speaker's principal unit in this first stanza (as well as in the next two stanzas) is the ten syllable iambic line (the iambic pentameter line, which has five iambic feet with two syllables per foot). but not every line in the stanza is a ten syllable line. A line may have four syllables or eight syllables. how many lines in this first stanza have eight syllables?

Answer 1

Answer:

Three

Explanation:

In each stanza are three lines (lines 1,5, and 6) that contain eight syllables each