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Tintern Abbey is composed in

Afree verse

Biambic pentameter

Cheroic couplets

Dtrochaic tetrameter

Answer:

B. iambic pentameter

Read Explanation:

William Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” is written in blank verse, which means:

  • Unrhymed lines

  • In iambic pentameter

What is iambic pentameter?

  • Iambic: A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (da-DUM).

  • Pentameter: Five iambic feet per line (10 syllables total per line).

Example from Tintern Abbey:

Five years have past; five summers, with the length

  • This line follows the iambic pentameter pattern closely.

So, iambic pentameter is the correct metrical structure.

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