Question

Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!
Were I with thee
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile -- the Winds --
To a Heart in port --
Done with the Compass --
Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden --
Ah, the Sea!
Might I but moor --
Tonight --In Thee!



Which best describes the meter of the poem?
iambic pentameter
iambic tetrameter
iambic dimeter
trochaic trimeter
trochaic dimeter
C/E

What is the most common metrical variation in the poem, looking especially at line 1 as an example?
spondee
anapest
dactyl
troche
pyrrhic
A (I'm not really sure about this one)

Answer 1

An iamb sounds like this: da <b>DA</b>
Iambic dimeter sounds like this: da <b>DA</b> da <b>DA</b>

A trochee sounds like this: <b>DA</b> da
Trochaic dimeter sounds like this: <b>DA</b> da <b>DA</b> da

Tell me what you think about line 1, and rethink your answers and let me know.

This may help:
http://www.uncg.edu/~htkirbys/meters.htm

Answer 2

Well, for number one I was looking it up and it said that Emily Dickinson usually uses iambic tertrameter so I think that would probably be it. The thing is that there are four syllables so it would be iambic dimeter. As for number two, it seems like line one is stressed for both words, so it would be spondee, which is A.