ometime too hot the eye of heaven shines
How many iambs are found in this line from “Sonnet 18”?
four
five
eight
ten
There are five iambs in this line from "Sonnet 18".
To determine the number of iambs in the line from "Sonnet 18," let's break it down. An iamb is a metrical foot in poetry consisting of two syllables, with the stress falling on the second syllable.
The line "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines" has five iambs:
Some/ time/ too/ hot/ the/ eye/ of/ heav/ en/ shines
Each of these words is made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable, forming the iambic pattern. Therefore, the correct answer is five.
To determine the number of iambs in a line of poetry, we need to understand what an iamb is. An iamb is a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, with the first syllable being unstressed and the second syllable stressed. In order to count the iambs in the line you provided, we need to divide the line into metrical feet.
The line you provided is from "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare:
"Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines"
Let's break it down into syllables and stress patterns:
Some-time / too / hot / the / eye / of / heav-en / shines
Now we can mark the stress pattern for each syllable:
Some-time / too / hot / the / eye / of / heav-en / shines
˘ / ˘ / ˘ /˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘
In this line, we observe that there are four metrical feet, each consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Since there are four metrical feet, there are also four iambs in this line.
Therefore, the correct answer is four.