For never was a story of more woe Than of Juliet and her Romeo.

Question

(from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare)

These lines are written in which meter?

1. iambic trimeter

2. iambic pentameter

3. iambic octameter

4. iambic hexameter

Answer 1

The lines "For never was a story of more woe / Than of Juliet and her Romeo" are written in iambic pentameter. Each line contains five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables, which is characteristic of iambic pentameter. Therefore, the correct answer is:

2. iambic pentameter.