Questions: Read the line from "Do not go gentle into that good night." Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, The meter, if any, from this line is X no regular meter V . iambic pentameter iambic tetrameter iambic hexameter X no regular meter

Read the line from "Do not go gentle into that good night." Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, The meter, if any, from this line is X no regular meter V . iambic pentameter iambic tetrameter iambic hexameter X no regular meter
Transcript text: Read the line from "Do not go gentle into that good night." Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, The meter, if any, from this line is X no regular meter V . iambic pentameter iambic tetrameter iambic hexameter $X$ no regular meter
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Answer

The answer is iambic pentameter.

Explanation
Option 1: iambic pentameter

Iambic pentameter consists of five iambs per line, where an iamb is a metrical foot with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The line "Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight," can be scanned as having five iambs, fitting the pattern of iambic pentameter.

Option 2: iambic tetrameter

Iambic tetrameter consists of four iambs per line. The line in question has more syllables than would fit into four iambs, making this option incorrect.

Option 3: iambic hexameter

Iambic hexameter consists of six iambs per line. The line does not have enough syllables to fit six iambs, so this option is incorrect.

Option 4: $X$ no regular meter

While the line may seem irregular at first glance, it can be scanned as iambic pentameter, making this option incorrect.

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