Question

th grade > d.3 identify elements of poetry 2he
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
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Explanation:

Iambic meter has a pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (e.g., "be - cause"). The first poem's lines have a consistent iambic rhythm: "The sun (˘ ´) that brief (˘ ´) December (˘ ´ ˘ ´) day (˘ ´)", etc. The second poem has irregular stress patterns, not following iambic meter.

Answer:

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