Read these lines from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock":Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotelsAnd sawdust restaurants with oyster shellsWhich best explains the metrical pattern of these lines?A.They represent the strict iambic pentameter that persists throughout the poem.B.They are an unusual example of trochaic pentameter in a mostly unmetered poem.C.They strongly resemble iambic pentameter, though other lines in the poem do not.D.They are written in trochaic pentameter, though the rest of the poem is iambic.

Read these lines from the poem:Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streetsAnd watched the smoke that rises from the pipesOf lonely men in shirt-sleeves leaning out of windows?. . .Which is the best analysis of the meter in these lines?A.It resembles iambic pentameter, but some of the lines are missing feet.B.It follows the pattern of pentameter, but the feet are mostly irregular.C.It uses iambic pentameter in the second line, but the other lines are trochaic.D.It resembles iambic

Reread these lines from the poem:Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotelsAnd sawdust restaurants with oyster shellsBesides meter, which is another sound effect in these lines?A.The settings in hotels and restaurantsB.The repetition of the letters t and sC.The image of sawdust on restaurant floorsD.The description of hotels as being "cheap"

What is iambic pentameter?A.A poetic form that divides lines based on syllables rather than beatsB.A poetic form that uses lines counted in stresses but not syllablesC.A poetic meter with 10-syllable lines and alternating beatsD.A poetic meter with lines containing 10 feet and five stressesSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read the following lines from "Wash of Cold River" by H. D.:rare, pure of texturebeautiful space and line,marble to graceyour inaccessible shrine.How do these lines show elements of formal verse?A.They follow a structure similar to a ballad.B.They have the same number of syllables.C.They are written in strict iambic pentameter.D.They show a clear pattern of end rhyme.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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