Question 5 • LAUSD-English Language Arts 9 A (Prescriptive)
Iambic pentameter usually has five pairs of syllables, with the stress falling on the second syllable of each pair. Choice B scans as “the LEAVES | fall DOWN | and FORM | a VI | brant PILE,” giving five iambs and ten syllables. The other lines do not follow this regular pattern.
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