Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
His hair is crisp, and black, and long,
His face is like the tan;
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate'er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man.
Week in, week out, from morn till night,
You can hear his bellows blow;
You can hear him swing his heavy sledge
With measured beat and slow,
Like a sexton ringing the village bell,
When the evening sun is low.
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Which syllables in line 1 are stressed?
a) the second, fourth, fifth, and seventh
b) the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth
c) the first, third, fifth, and seventh
d) the third, sixth, and eighth
Based on your analysis in the previous question, how many metrical feet are in the line?
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) eight
the first one is b then right?
and is the second question c?
1 is b.
2 is not c. Please read the link I posted for you.
To determine which syllables in line 1 of the poem are stressed, we can analyze the meter of the poem. In this poem, the meter is iambic tetrameter, which means it consists of four iambs.
An iamb is a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, with the first syllable unstressed (marked as "u") and the second syllable stressed (marked as "/").
Let's mark the stressed and unstressed syllables in line 1:
Under a / spread -ing / chest -nut / tree
Now, we can determine which syllables are stressed. In this case, the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth syllables are stressed.
Therefore, the answer to the first question is:
a) the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth
Moving on to the second question, with the understanding that there are four iambs in the line, we can conclude that there are four metrical feet.
Therefore, the answer to the second question is:
c) four
UnDER the SPREAD ing CHEST nut TREE
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