Meter is very important to the poem, "The Battle of Blenheim." Which of the
following examples of the first stanza has the syllables stressed correctly? (Syllable
emphasis is bolded.)
A) It was a summer evening,
Old Kaspar's work was done,
And he before his cottage door
Was sitting in the sun,
And by him sported on the green
His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
B) It was a summer evening,
Old Kaspar's work was done,
And he before his cottage door
Was sitting in the sun,
And by him sported on the green
His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
C) it was a summer evening, old Caspers work was done, and he before his cottage door was sitting in the sun, and buy him sported on the green his little grandchild Wilhelmine.
D) it was a summer evening, old Caspers work was done, and he before his cottage door was sitting in the sun, and by him sported on the green his little grandchild Wilhelmine.