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What meter does the poem use?

ATrochaic Tetrameter

BIambic Pentameter

CDactylic Hexameter

DAnapestic Dimeter

Answer:

B. Iambic Pentameter

Read Explanation:

The poem is written in heroic couplets with iambic pentameter, a typical feature of Browning’s dramatic monologues.


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"To the Others
You once smiled a friendly smile,
Said we were kin to one another,
Thus with guile for a short while
Became to me a brother."

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