What meter is used in this excerpt from a. e. housman’s “a shropshire lad”? when i was one-and-twenty i heard a wise man say a. trochaic trimeter (the foot has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. this pattern repeats three times in each line.) b. iambic trimeter (the foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. this pattern repeats three times in each line.) c. anapestic trimeter (the foot has two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. this pattern repeats three times in each line.) d. dactylic trimeter (the foot has a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. this pattern repeats three times in each line.)

i took this test im trying to remember i think it is the first one im super sorry if i remembered wrong!

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i decided to stay late in the laboratory to continue my experiment with the lightbulb. at midnight, thomas edison opened the door and saw all the stuff he was working on. the lightbulb, film and the transmitter. as he walks in an idea hits him on how the lightbulb would work. he would have to change a few wires around to get it to light up. when he did change the wires around it worked so he decided to write a telegraph to his friend to tell him about his success.   as he was packing up he grabbed the telegraph and walked to his home. he told his wife about the success and the next morning mailed the telegraph.