Identify the meter, if any, of each line of poetry. "Because their words had forked no lightning they" "A lonely impulse of delight" "No likely end could bring them loss"
Answer
Selection 1:
iambic pentameter
Selection 2:
iambic tetrameter
Selection 3:
iambic tetrameter

Question

Identify the meter, if any, of each line of poetry. "Because their words had forked no lightning they" "A lonely impulse of delight" "No likely end could bring them loss"

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Selection 1: iambic pentameter; Selection 2: iambic tetrameter; Selection 3: iambic tetrameter

Argument in George Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”

Identify the meter, if any, of each line of poetry. "Because their words had forked no lightning they" "A lonely impulse of delight" "No likely end could bring them loss"

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