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Scansion and Poetic Meter
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American Literature
11.17 Scansion and Poetic Meter
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In the margin, a reader marks the line pattern as / x x | / x x, then notes that the line keeps a mostly regular beat.
Which annotation most accurately explains the scansion?
A
The line is free verse because any scansion marks make meter impossible.
B
The line uses dactylic dimeter: two dactyls, creating a regular metrical pattern.
C
The line must be a limerick because it has stressed syllables.
D
The line is blank verse because every poem with rhythm is unrhymed iambic pentameter.
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