In this excerpt from Richard Lovelace's "To Lucasta Going to the Wars," which lines use iambic trimeter?
The lines which use iambic trimeter in 'To Lucasta Going to the Wars' by Richard Lovelace are:
1. 'to war and arms I fly'
2. 'the first foe in the field'
3. 'a sword, a horse, a shield'
"To Lucasta, Going to the Wars" Is a poem by Richard Lovelace that depicts the writings of a man that is going to war, to his lady in an emotional farewell
This poem is written in three stanzas that use lines of iambic tetrameter and trimeter interchangeably
Answer: The iambic trimeter is used in these lines
"To war and arms I fly",
"The first foe in the field"
"A sword, a horse, a shield".