Question

Which lines are written in iambic pentameter? Select two options.

The smoke of my own breath
And what I assume you shall assume
I never saw a moor
Yet certain am I of the spot
And summer's lease hath all too short a date
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st

Answer 1

- And summer's lease hath all too short a date
- Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st

Both lines have ten syllables and scan as iambic pentameter (the pattern of unstressed-stressed five times), and come from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18.