Question

Read the line from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death."
A waste of breath the years behind

The meter, if any, from the line is _____.
1) Iambic pentameter
2) Iambic Tetrameter
3) Iambic hexameter
4) No regular meter

Answer 1

Hello.

In "a waste of breath the years behind," the meter is IAMBIC TETAMETER.

An iamb is a beat in a line of poetry where one unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. Iamb sounds like a heartbeat, sort of like duh-DUH. When four beats are placed together in a line of poetry, it is called tetrameter. When we combine iamb with tetrameter, it is a line of poetry with four beats of one unstressed syllable, followed by one stressed syllable, and it is called iambic tetrameter.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

The meter, if any, from the line is

• B. Iambic Tetrameter

What is Iambic Tetrameter?

This refers to the use of unstressed syllables in a line of poetry that is immediately accompanied by a stressed syllable when four beats are placed together.

With this in mind, we can see that  from the given meter, we can see that the line makes use of iambic tetrameter as there is the use of four beats together.

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