Identify the meter, if any, of each line of poetry. "because their words had forked no lightning they" "a lonely impulse of delight" "no likely end could bring them loss"

Iambic Pentameter

Iambic Tetrameter

Iambic Tetrameter

- 'Iambic Pentameter'

- 'Iambic Tetrameter'

- 'Iambic Tetrameter'

Explanation:

Meters play a crucial role in enhancing the impact and beauty of the poetry by inculcating rhythm, cadence, and melody to the poems.

As per the question, the first line 'because theirthey' employs iambic pentameter as it involves five iambic feet(pair in which a short and unstressed followed by a long or stressed syllable).

The second line, 'a lonely impulse of delight' is written in 'iambic tetrameter' as it involves four iambic feet in it that proposes a regular beat and rhythm to it.

The third line, 'no likely end could bring them loss' also employs 'iambic pentameter' as here two one can witness four pairs of an unstressed syllable followed by the long and accented syllable.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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