Question

i need help please!

Which pattern of meter is used in this excerpt from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide,
And I am next of kin;
The guests are met, the feast is set:
May'st hear the merry din.'

He holds him with his skinny hand,
'There was a ship,' quoth he.
'Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!'
Eftsoons his hand dropt he.

alternating pentameter and trimeter
alternating pentameter and tetrameter
alternating trimeter and dimeter
alternating monometer and dimeter
alternating tetrameter and trimeter

Answer 1

guess?

Answer 2

i think it is the alternating monometer and trimeter but i dont know

Answer 3

do u have like a book or something

Answer 4

no this is an online course

Answer 5

what grade

Answer 6

im recovering this english 2 credit

Answer 7

this is an odd question

Answer 8

yeah its not making sense because it alternates between 8 and 6 and that together is not an option

Answer 9

http://www.shmoop.com/rime-of-ancient-mariner/rhyme-form-meter.html

Answer 10

did that help

Answer 11

thank you i just figured out the answer.

Answer 12

that site helps