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Read the following line of poetry and pick out the iambic metrical foot.


In Xanadu did Kubla Khan

Aadu
BIn Xanadu
CThe line is one iambic metrical foot
DKubla Khan

Verified Answer :

c. The line is one iambic metrical foot

The answer is: C. The line is one iambic metrical foot


The iambic metrical foot is composed of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, for example: So LONG / as MEN / can BREATHE / or EYES / can SEE; here all the lowercase words are the unstressed syllables and the uppercase words are the stressed syllables, in this case it would be this way: in-XAN-a-DU-did-KU-bla-KHAN