The story's first sentence refers to "the night the bed fell on my father," and Mamma refers to the night in the same way. But the bed did not actually fall on Father. Why does the author use the phrase "the night the bed fell on my father"?

Which is an example of perfect iambic pentameter? a. "i have been worth the whistle." b. "whose reverence even the head-lugg'd bear would lick," c. "a man, a prince, by him so benefited! " d. "ere they have done their mischief. where's they drum? " e. "marry, your manhood, mew! "