I fell into the clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Identify the meter. Then identify the effect of that meter.
A. unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED. It gives the poem a reflective mood.
B. unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED, unstressed STRESSED. It conveys the speaker's militant determination.
C. STRESSED unstressed, STRESSED unstressed, STRESSED unstressed, STRESSED unstressed. It allows you to visualize the the speaker.
D. STRESSED unstressed, STRESSED unstressed, STRESSED unstressed, STRESSED, unstressed. It empathizes the desperate unhappiness of the speaker's life.
