Which one of the following lines is written in iambic pentameter?
A. "I lift my lamp beside the golden door"
B. "And sorry I could not travel both"
C. "Not that the pines are darker there"
D. "When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me"
The one line which if written in iambic pentameter (meaning that the sequence of syllables is: unstressed first, stressed second, and consisting of 10 syllables/5 meters) is A) I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
