Concept:Meter is the repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. Each unit of this pattern is called a foot, and the foot is named according to the order of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Explanation:To find the metre, scan the poem by marking which syllables are stressed and which are unstressed.
In this poem, the pattern that appears most often is the iamb: one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
It is not trochaic, because a trochee is the opposite order: one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.
It is not anapaestic, because an anapaest has two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.
It is not dactylic either, because a dactyl has one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
Since the dominant repeated foot is the iamb, the poem is written in iambic metre.
Answer:B. iambic