Question

Which one of the following lines is written in iambic pentameter?

A. "I lift my lamp beside the golden door"
B. "And sorry I could not travel both"
C. "Not that the pines are darker there"
D. "When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me"

Answer 1

The one line which if written in iambic pentameter (meaning that the sequence of syllables is: unstressed first, stressed second, and consisting of 10 syllables/5 meters) is A) I lift my lamp beside the golden door.