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20 May, 10:36

What is the meter of this line from "Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Bysshe Shelley?

The wing | èd seeds | where they | lie cold | and low,

A.

trochaic pentameter (The foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. This pattern repeats five times in the line.)

B.

trochaic tetrameter (The foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. This pattern repeats four times in the line.)

C.

iambic tetrameter (The foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. This pattern repeats four times in the line.)

D.

iambic pentameter (The foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. This pattern repeats five times in the line.)

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  1. 20 May, 11:52
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    D). Iambic pentameter (The foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. This pattern repeats five times in the line.)
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