What is iambic pentameter?
a. a pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable repeated five times in a line
b. a pattern of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable repeated five times in a line
c. a pattern of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable repeated four times in a line
d. a pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable repeated four times in a line

Iambic pentameter is a pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable repeated five times in a line.

Option A

Explanation:

 In English, every poem or poetry consist of a kind of metric line, and that line is basically called as Iambic pentameter. There are plenty of poems that are an example of Iambic pentameter such as-  Ode to Autumn, Holey Sonnet, Macbeth, and many more. When a short vowel sound if followed by a long syllable that is when an Iambic pentameter is formed. In today’s modern English poetry use of such pattern has become rare.

theres no poem include that

b. and i with my fighting heart, i thought at

first / to steal up to him [the cyclops].   the cyclops’ actions first odysseus to take

action after killing his men and trapping in the cave revealed his intent of

doing them harm.   that is why odysseus

blinded him to enable him and his men to escape.