For never was a story of more woe
Than of Juliet and her Romeo.
(from ,begin underline,Romeo and Juliet,end underline, by William Shakespeare)
Question
These lines are written in which meter?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
iambic trimeter
2.
iambic pentameter
3.
iambic octameter
4.
iambic hexameter
2. iambic pentameter
The correct answer is:
2. iambic pentameter
To determine the meter of these lines, we need to analyze the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. In iambic meter, each line consists of a pattern of iambs, which are two syllables with the first one unstressed, followed by one stressed.
Let's look at the lines from Romeo and Juliet:
"For never was a story of more woe
Than of Juliet and her Romeo."
Counting the unstressed (U) and stressed (S) syllables, we can see that the pattern is:
U S / U S / U S / U S / U S
This pattern corresponds to iambic pentameter, as there are five iambs in each line.
Therefore, the correct answer is:
2. iambic pentameter