What is one characteristic of trochaic meter?

A. Shakespeare preferred it over iambic meter.

B. The first syllable of each foot is stressed.

c. It simulates the sound of natural speech.

D. It is made up of four two-syllable feet.

B. The first syllable of each foot is stressed.

Explanation:

In poetry, there are various elements that make it a work of art. These elements add life to the poem, with the different elements such as the meter, rhyme, form, etc consisting of the building blocks of the poem.

A trochaic meter is the metrical feet where the two syllables of a word are contrary to each other. The first syllable is a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Thus, one characteristic of the trochaic meter is the stressed first syllable of a foot.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.