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Which line from The Tempest is written in iambic pentameter?

A. Though every drop of water swear against it (Act I, scene i, line 55)
B. And left me to a bootless inquisition (Act I, scene ii, line 35)
C. Good wombs have borne bad sons. (Act I, scene ii, line 119)
D. Too much the rein: the strongest oaths are straw (Act IV, scene i, line 55)

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D. Too much the rein: the strongest oaths are straw (Act IV, scene i, line 55)

Iambic Pentameter is a line with 5 iambs. An iamb is a metric foot with two syllables. The first syllable is stressed and the second is unstressed. This means a line of iambic pentameter has 10 syllables. There are 11 syllables in "Though every drop of water swear against it. There are 11 syllables in "And left me to a bootless inquisition". There are 6 syllables in "Good wombs have borne bad sons." This is the correct option with the 10 unstressed and stressed syllables emphasized: /too/ MUCH/ the /REIN:/ the/ STRON/gest /OATHS/ are /STRAW.

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