Which statements describe iambic pentameter as it is used in Shakespearean sonnets? Select two options.
Each line contains five metrical feet.
A sonnet contains five rhyme schemes.
There are five lines in every metrical foot.
In two-word pairs, the second word is stressed.
In a group of two syllables, the second is stressed.
Answers
Iambic pentameter is a type of meter pattern which contains the number of syllables and emphasis on the same, in a line of verse. It consists of the short syllable followed by the long or stressed syllable. Great examples of the iambic pentameter are the works of Shakespeare.
'Penta' refers to five and 'meter' refers to measure. Therefore, it is foot or beat which have 10 syllables in each line or five iambs in each line.
Iambic pentameter are:
A) An iamb consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
B) A line of iambic pentameter contains five iambs, or ten syllables.
Therefore, statements which describe iambic pentameter as it is used in Shakespearean sonnets are:
- A sonnet contains five rhyme schemes.
- In a group of two syllables, the second is stressed.
Option A. Each line contains five metrical feet And Option E.
In a group of two syllables, the second is stressed.
Are the Answers.
William Shakespeare and his sonnets and plays, iambic pentameter is one of the most popular lines of 1-meter lines in English poetry.
Each line comprises five syllables called "feet," one is unstressed and followed by stress.
Lambic pentameter lines generally comprise lines of ten syllables.