Determine the correct number of feet per line in each of the excerpts. tell me not, in mournful numbers (henry wadsworth longfellow, “a psalm of life”) that i may rise and stand, o’er throw me, and bend (john donne, holy sonnet 14) i stand, and look, and stoop, and drink (thomas hardy, “the robin”) nor any other wold like cotswold euer sped, so faire and rich a vale by fortuning to wed. (michael drayton, poly-olbion: “the fourteenth song”) give crowns and pounds and guineas but not your heart away; (a. e. housman, “a shropshire lad” xiii) diameter (two feet) trimeter (three feet) tetrameter (four feet) pentameter (five feet) hexameter (six feet)

Tell me not, in mournful numbers

(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “A Psalm of Life”)- Tetrameter (four feet)

An iamb is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed. And when there are four iambs in a line, it is called iambic tetrameter.  

That I may rise and stand, o’er throw me, and bend

(John Donne, Holy Sonnet 14)- pentameter (five feet)

An iambic pentameter is a form of a metrical line in which each line contains five unstressed syllables followed by five stressed syllables. They are usually arranged in an alternating pattern.

I stand, and look,

And stoop, and drink

(Thomas Hardy, “The Robin”)-diameter (two feet)

An iambic diameter is a form of metrical line in which the line contains two iambic feet.  

Nor any other wold like Cotswold euer sped,

So faire and rich a Vale by fortuning to wed.

(Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion: “The Fourteenth Song”)- trimeter (three feet)

An iambic trimeter is a form of metrical line in which the line contains three iambic feet.

Give crowns and pounds and guineas

But not your heart away;

(A. E. Housman, “A Shropshire Lad” XIII)-hexameter (six feet)

An iambic hexameter is a form of metrical line in which the line contains six iambic feet.