Question:
Read the line from “Annabel Lee.”
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams.
What pattern of rhythm does Poe repeatedly use in this line?
A) three stressed syllables and three unstressed syllables
B) two unstressed syllables and one stressed syllable
C) two stressed syllables and one unstressed syllable
Answer:
The most correct answer is B)
Explanation:
"For the" would the unstressed syllables while "moon" would carry the stress
ne-ver equals two syllables that are not stress while "beams" carries the stress
"with-out" another couple of syllables with no stress and the word "BRING-ing" has two syllables but only the first one is stress.
and lastly
"me" is one word unstressed while "Dreams" is also one word unstressed.
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