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Whitman used iambic feet in the poem for what purpose?

Whitman used iambic feet in the poem for what purpose? the unstressed-stressed combination mimics waves the stressed-unstressed combination mimics work on a ship the rhyming pattern of the poem mimicsa funeral stressing the first syllable of each line adds emphasis
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The correct answer is "the unstressed-stressed combination mimics waves". Iambic feet is a type of metrics used particularly in traditional English poetry to add an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The name iamb comes from this combination of unstressed-stressed, while feet is the name given to a group of syllabes at which the rhythm is measured. In this case Whitman used iambic feet to accomplished the unstressed-stressed effect is his poem.... Show More
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mine is hell,we all hate each other,we fight but me and my mom,dad,and siblings get along.... Show More
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