Which meter is used in these lines from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18? Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, A. dactylic hexameter B. iambic pentameter C. trochaic tetrameter D. spondaic dimeter E. trochaic trimeter

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Patricia Booker

6 June, 07:24

Which meter is used in these lines from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18? Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, A. dactylic hexameter B. iambic pentameter C. trochaic tetrameter D. spondaic dimeter E. trochaic trimeter

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Jaydan Hicks · Answer 1

B. Iambic Pentameter

Emery Combs · Answer 2

B. iambic pentameter

Explanation:

Shakespeare's poems are written in iambic pentameter, which comprises of five "feet" of one unstressed and one stressed on syllable (at times noted as "x/"). Each and every other syllable is focused on beginning with the second. It is viewed as the most standard rythm in English verse.