Which line from the tempest is written in iambic pentameter?
a. though every drop of water swear against it (act 1, scene i, line 55)
b. too much the rein: the strongest oaths are straw
c. good wombs have borne bad sons
d. and left me to a bootless inquisition

Iambic pentameter is a metric used in the English language for traditional poetry and verse drama, mostly.

It consists on 10 syllables that alternate when it comes to being stressed. Shakespeare is know for the use of it and it is also considered a form of decasyllabic verse.

The only alternative that fits this description is:

A. Though every drop of water swear against it

the servant does not kill the child oedipus as he was ordered to do because "he pitied the child" based on the oedipus rex story. the servant was ordered to kill the child because of the prophecy that predicted king laius' death. the king already had attempted to hurt oedipus by piercing oedipus's ankle. however, the servant did not finish the job and he rather saved the baby oedipus.

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