Sonnets whose lines each contain 10 syllables, with stresses on every second syllable, are written in
a)iambic tetrameter
b)iambic pentameter
c)iambic hexameter
d)iambic dimeter

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.

reading poetry is challenging when you don't have or very little of social context and culture schema.

solution: read the introduction, the norm, or even explaination if you still dont get it.