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From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

Which answer best identifies the meter used in this passage of poetry?

a iambic trimeter

b iambic dimeter

c iambic pentameter

d iambic monometer

C is the correct answer, "Iambic pentameter"

Explanation:

Shakespeare was well known for his use of Iambic pentameter in his writings/plays. The lines of poetry that contains iambs is known as an iambic meter. Iambs are groups of syllables that will have an unstressed syllable and a stressed syllable. The unstressed syllable is always going to be followed by the stressed one.

A few of the stressed syllables in this poem are;

the excerpt from chapter 2 of "animal farm", by george orwell that is an example of foreshadowing is "these three (snowball, napoleon, and squealer) had elaborated old major's teachings into a complete system of thought to which they gave the name of animalism." animal farm is an allegory of how czarist russia developed into communist russia with all its corruption. old major's teachings represent marx's theories turned into communism, animalism, by the three pigs. this foreshadows the oppression and corruption that will follow this revolt.