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which sentence describes a poem's meter?

AThe speaker's attitude is clearly sarcastic
BThe poem follows an abcd rhyme scheme
CThe thunderstorm represents conflict
DEvery three syllables in each line is accented

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In poetry, the metre is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.
So the answer would be D.

Meter refers to the unit in poetry for rhythm and the beats pattern. Also known as foot, it has usually two or three syllables in each foot.

A word meter is derived from the Greek word 'measure'

With the lines of verse or poem, the meter also refers to the unstressed and a stressed syllabic pattern. Unstressed syllables are shorter and the stressed tend to be longer.

It has various types such as iambic meter, trochaic meter, spondaic meter.

Therefore, sentence which describes a poem's meter is D. Every three syllables in each line is accented


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