Question

In which meter the poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is written?

• A. Trochaic tetrameter
• B. Iambic pentameter
• C. Anapestic trimeter
• D. Dactylic hexameter

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Iambic pentameter

• The poem is written in four-line stanzas, with the rhyme scheme abab. 

• It was published in 1751.

• The poem explores the theme of equality through the lens of death as the ultimate leveler.