Identify the pattern of stressed syllables in the stanza below. Hint: You may wish to copy the stanza onto a piece of paper and mark the stressed and unstressed syllables. You will be identifying patterns after you have analyzed the stanza. A hundred men as the King heard say

The Abbot kept in his house every day

And fifty gold chains without any doubt

In velvet coats waited the Abbot about.
After you have analyzed the pattern of stressed syllables, select all the statements below that are true about the stanza.

A. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is the same in line 1 and line 3.
B. The stanza has no detectable rhythm.
C. The stanza has four stressed syllables in each line.
D. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is the same in line 3 and line 4.
E. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is the same throughout the stanza.
F. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is not the same in any two lines.
G. The number of stressed syllables changes in every line.
H. The number of unstressed syllables is different in some lines.
I. The number of unstressed syllables is the same in each line.
J. Despite minor differences, the stanza has a strong rhythmic feel.