Choose the meter and line length of the line of poetry below. the assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold. iambic pentameter trochaic tetrameter anapestic tetrameter dactylic pentameter

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So iambic pentameter is  unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables in a total of 5 measures.  
Trochaic tetrameter is stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable in a total of 4 measures.
Anapestic tetrameter is two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable in total of 4 measures.
Dactylic pentameter is a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables in a total of 5 measures.
We can look at these as the following
Iambic: ˘ ¯ 
Trochaic: ¯ ˘
Anapestic: ˘ ˘ ¯
Dactylic: ¯ ˘ ˘
If you  notice the pattern an easy way to remember them is that they are opposites of each other.  So now lets look a the text given.
" The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold."
Looking at this we can recognize the meter as  two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable in total of 4 measures.
Making our answer be Anapestic tetrameter.

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The correct answer is d