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JAMB Literature in English 2011 Question 40

Question 40

Poetry: General

The metric pattern in a line of poetry with five stressed and five unstressed syllables is

  1. A.trochaic decametre
  2. B.iambic pentametre
  3. C.anapestic metre
  4. D.dactylic metre.
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Answer: B (iambic pentametre)

Explanation

Five iambs (unstressed-stressed) make iambic pentameter: ten syllables, five stressed.