Question

What is the meter pattern in these lines from "On Imagination" by Phillis Wheatley?

Imagination! who can sing thy force?
Or who describe the swiftness of thy course?

trochaic tetrameter
iambic pentameter
spondaic hexameter
anapestic pentameter
iambic hexameter

Answer 1

i believe it is iambic pentameter

Answer 2

iambic pentameter

Step-by-step explanation:

On Imagination" by Phillis Wheatley. The writer discussed on the Greek gods and seasons. It is a greek mythology

Imagination! who can sing thy force?

Or who describe the swiftness of thy course?

is iambic pentameter because the above contains an unstressed syllable and stressed syllable following. Examples can be found in the works of William Shakespeare