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Select the correct answer.Which pattern of meter is used in this excerpt from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide,And I am next of kin;The guests are met, the feast is set:May'st hear the merry din.'He holds him with his skinny hand,'There was a ship,' quoth he.'Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!'Eftsoons his hand dropt he. A. alternating pentameter and trimeter B. alternating pentameter and tetrameter C. alternating trimeter and dimeter D. alternating monometer and dimeter E. alternating tetrameter and trimeter

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Select the correct answer.Which pattern of meter is used in this excerpt from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide,And I am next of kin;The guests are met, the feast is set:May'st hear the merry din.'He holds him with his skinny hand,'There was a ship,' quoth he.'Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!'Eftsoons his hand dropt he. A. alternating pentameter and trimeter B. alternating pentameter and tetrameter C. alternating trimeter and dimeter D. alternating monometer and dimeter E. alternating tetrameter and trimeter

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The pattern of meter in this excerpt from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is E. alternating tetrameter and trimeter.

Here's how you can identify it:

  1. Count the syllables in each line. The first line "The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide," has eight syllables, which is characteristic of tetrameter.

  2. The second line "And I am next of kin;" has six syllables, which is characteristic of trimeter.

  3. This pattern of alternating between eight syllables (tetrameter) and six syllables (trimeter) continues throughout the excerpt.

Therefore, the correct answer is E. alternating tetrameter and trimeter.

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