Read the following excerpt from “the lamb” by william blake. what meter does blake use in this poem? gave thee clothing of delight, softest clothing wooly bright; a. iambic pentameter (the foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. this pattern repeats five times in each line.) b. dactylic tetrameter (the foot has a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. this pattern repeats four times in each line.) c. anapestic pentameter (the foot has two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. this pattern repeats five times in each line.) d. trochaic tetrameter (the foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. this pattern repeats four times in each line.)

D. trochaic TRIMETER (The foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. This pattern repeats THREE times in each line.)

Explanation:

William Blake's poem "The lamb" has trochaic trimeter ( a foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. This patter repeats three times in each line.

Little lamb who made thee?

Dost thou know who made thee?

bold syllables are stressed ones and italicized are unstressed. Blake mimicked the rhyme scheme AABB and trochaic rhythm of hymns ans nursery  rhymes in this poem.

Note: The trochaic meter used is trimeter and not tetrameter.

1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.

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