Question

Select the correct answer.
Read the following excerpt from “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Lord Alfred Tennyson. Based on this example, what is a dactylic foot?

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A.
a foot with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
B.
a foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
C.
a foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
D.
a foot with a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables

Answer 1

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The clunky rhythm of dactylic meter is sometimes compared to that of a horse galloping. It's not surprising then that perhaps the most famous example of a poem written in dactylic meter is about a battle charge by soldiers on horseback: Alfred Lord Tennyson's “The Charge of the Light Brigade.”

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B.

a foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable