Hat is the meter pattern in these lines from "on imagination" by phillis wheatley? imagination! who can sing thy force?
or who describe the swiftness of thy course?
trochaic tetrameter
iambic pentameter
spondaic hexameter
anapestic pentameter
iambic hexameter

iambic pentameter

The lines both have 10 syllables. /I/mag/in/a/tion! /who/ can/ sing/ thy/ force? Or/ who/ de/scribe/ the/ swift/ness/ of/ thy/ course?/ Iambic pentameter is a line of poetry that has five feet (penta) of 2 syllables that are unstressed then stressed (iamb). This 2 feet five times equals 10 syllables.

Trochaic tetrameter has four feet that are trochees. A trochee is 2 syllables (stressed then unstressed). A line of trochaic tetrameter has 8 syllables. Spondaic hexameter has spondaic feet. A spondee has two stressed syllables. Hexameter is six feet. A line of spondaic hexameter has 12 syllables. Anapestic pentameter has anapest feet. An anapest is two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable - 3 altogether. Anapestic pentameter has 15 syllables. Iambic hexameter has 12 syllables.