Question

Read the following excerpt from “I’m Nobody! Who Are You?” by Emily Dickinson. Which two lines are written in iambic trimeter?
How dreary—to be—Somebody!
How public—like a Frog—
To tell one’s name—the livelong June—
To an admiring Bog!

Answer 1

Answer:

How public—like a Frog—

To an admiring Bog!

Explanation:

This poem alternaates between lines in iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, there is one exception in the first line, but knowing that, it becomes just a matter of identifing iambic trimeter lines compared to iambic tetrameter .

How - PUB / lic, - LIKE / a - FROG

To - AN / ad - MI /ring - BOG!

Answer 2

Answer: How public—like a Frog— To an admiring Bog!