Question

Which statements describe iambic pentameter as it is used in Shakespearean sonnets? Select two options.

Each line contains five metrical feet.
A sonnet contains five rhyme schemes.
There are five lines in every metrical foot.
In two-word pairs, the second word is stressed.
In a group of two syllables, the second is stressed.

Answer 1

- Each line contains five metrical feet.
- In a group of two syllables, the second is stressed.

(Shakespearean iambic pentameter = five iambs per line; an iamb is a two-syllable unit with the stress on the second syllable.)