When you are old and grey and full of sleep.

The rhythmic pattern of the above line is

a

anapestic

b

dactylic

c

trochaic

d

iambic

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Deabman
4 years ago

the option d is correct, to get correctly you firwt divide the foot into syllabus from you determine what meter it is. an unstressed syllabus or weak followed by stressed one is said to be an iambic pentameter, when it contains five iambs where the firdt is unstressed and the second is stressed. e.g When/ you are /old and grey/ and full /of sleep

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