Which of the following lines is the best example of dactylic meter?

Just for a handful of silver he left us / Just for a riban to stick in his coat

Poetry begins with a lump in the throat

I wandered lonely as a cloud

Two road diverged in a wood, and I / I took the one less traveled by

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Randall Dennis

4 December, 00:29

Which of the following lines is the best example of dactylic meter?

Just for a handful of silver he left us / Just for a riban to stick in his coat

Poetry begins with a lump in the throat

I wandered lonely as a cloud

Two road diverged in a wood, and I / I took the one less traveled by

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Jovan Goodwin · Answer 1

In quantitative verse, often used in Greek or Latin, a dactyl is a long syllable followed by two short syllables, as determined by syllable weight.

So, I think the answer should be D Two road diverged in a wood, and I / I took the one less traveled by.

Which of the following lines is the best example of dactylic meter?Just for a handful of silver he left us / Just for a riban to stick in his coatPoetry begins with a lump in the throatI wandered lonely as a cloudTwo road diverged in a wood, and I / I took the one less traveled by

Which of the following lines is the best example of dactylic meter?

Just for a handful of silver he left us / Just for a riban to stick in his coat

Poetry begins with a lump in the throat

I wandered lonely as a cloud

Two road diverged in a wood, and I / I took the one less traveled by