Question

choose the poem that uses iambic meter.
the sun that brief december day
rose cheerless over hills of gray,
and, darkly circled, gave at noon
a sadder light than waning moon.

thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads,
great, hollow, bell - like flowers,
rumbling in the wind,
stretching clappers to strike our ears.

from john greenleaf whittier, \a new england home in winter\ and from jean toon
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Explanation:

Iambic meter consists of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables (da-DUM). The first poem follows this pattern (e.g., "The sun that brief Decem-ber day" = da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM), while the second poem has irregular stress, not fitting iambic meter.

Answer:

The poem from John Greenleaf Whittier: "The sun that brief December day / Rose cheerless over hills of gray, / And, darkly circled, gave at noon / A sadder light than waning moon."