Read the excerpt from the poem "Easter, 1916" by William Butler Yeats. What is the foot pattern? Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey A. anapest (two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable) B. iamb (an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable) C. trochee (a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable) D. dactyl (a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables)
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The correct answer to this question is option C. Trochee.
Explanation:
- In poetic metre, a trochee is a musical foot comprising of a stressed syllable tailed by an unstressed one, in English.
- In Greek tragedy and comedy, trochees appear often in choral, lyric, and spoken dialogue.
- In Latin comedy, trochees appear in rhymes complemented by dance and march.
- Whole poems in trochaic verse are sporadic in modern poetry, but we still find them in prevalent verses like chants, songs, nursery rhymes, riddles, proverbs, slogans, and jingles.
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