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Spondees and Pyrrhic Feet Exercise III

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For questions 1 through 3, indentify which answer most accurately describes the following lines.

Value: 1

He saw each separate height, each vaguer hue

As the massed islands rolled in mist away

a. The lines include one spondee
b. The lines include one pyrrhic foot
c. The lines do not include either a spondee or a pyrrhic foot
d. The lines incluede both a pyrrhic foot and a spondee

Value: 1

But lately, one rough day, this flow'r I passed,

a. The lines include one spondee
b. The lines include one pyrrhic foot
c. The lines do not include either a spondee or a pyrrhic foot
d. The lines include both a pyrrhic foot and a spondee

Value: 1

If all the world and love were young,

And truth in every shepherd's tongue,

a. The lines include one spondee
b. The lines include one pyrrhic foot
c. The lines do not include either a spondee or a pyrrhic foot
d. The lines include both a pyrrhic foot and a spondee

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