Shakespeare sometimes used the trochee, which in meter refers to which of the following? In Shakespeare's plays, a troche is___________________?
Correct answer: B. The opposite of an iamb with a stressed and then unstressed syllable in a foot
- A. The same as an iamb with an unstressed and stressed syllable in a foot
- B. The opposite of an iamb with a stressed and then unstressed syllable in a foot
- C. Only one syllable for the length of a foot
- D. None of the above
Explanation
A trochee reverses the normal iambic pattern: it begins with a stressed syllable and ends with an unstressed one, as in “TAble.” An iamb has the opposite pattern, unstressed followed by stressed.
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