Chaucer was a master of the heroic couplet which consists of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter means_______. A: the line has 6 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable B: the line has 6 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable C: the line has 5 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable D: the line has 5 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable

The first syllable is the stressed syllable in the word “ourselves”. A: 正确 B: 错误

35. A syllable must contain a vowel sound.

中国大学MOOC: In a syllable, a vowel often serves as ____________.

The meter "Iamb" is made of a(n) _____ syllable and a(n) _______ syllable. A: unstressed; unstressed B: stressed; unstressed C: unstressed; stressed D: stressed; stressed