Meter refers to the unit in poetry for rhythm and the beats pattern. Also known as foot, it has usually two or three syllables in each foot.
A word meter is derived from the Greek word 'measure'
With the lines of verse or poem, the meter also refers to the unstressed and a stressed syllabic pattern. Unstressed syllables are shorter and the stressed tend to be longer.
It has various types such as iambic meter, trochaic meter, spondaic meter.
Therefore, sentence which describes a poem's meter is D. Every three syllables in each line is accented
The answer is C: In the 1950s, the majority (60 percent) of woman<span> were happy to drop out of school and stay at home. This statistic may be surprising to a modern reader who assumes the equality of women and men and expects that most women will choose to engage in careers outside of their homes.
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