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

How does the meter of the poem most likely contribute to its meaning?Answer choices for the above questionA. The rhyme scheme creates an internal harmony that mimics the universal harmony the poet wants us to feel.B. Each line is as long as a breath, calling the reader’s attention to their body and establishing a meditative mood.C. The rigid metrical structure of the lines commands the reader to accept the poet’s ideas.D. The space between sections allows the reader to think over what they have just read.

Choose the poem that uses iambic meter.Through the blue water of nightRises the white bubble of silence—Rises,And breaks.With quiet step and gentle face,With tattered cloak, and empty hands,She came into the market place,A traveller from many lands.

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.

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

Choose the poem that uses iambic meter.Oh, did you hear those bells ring out,The bells ring out, the people shout,And did you hear that cheer on cheerThat over all the bells rang clear?I had come to the house, in a cave of trees,Facing a sheer sky.Everything moved,—a bell hung ready to strike,Sun and reflection wheeled by.