Which is an example of trochaic tetrameter?

A."Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" B."Is this a dagger I see before me?" C."Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater" D."For the four winds blow in from ev'ry coast"

In poetry, a trochaic tetrameter is a type of meter or structure of a verse in which each verse contains eight syllables and each pair of syllables is composed of a stressed syllable and one unstressed syllable that is called trochaic and in this way each verse has four (tetrameter) trochaic or four combinations of stressed/ unstressed syllables. Considering this, from the verses presented the only one that has this structure is option C as in this there are eight syllables or units of sound "Pe/ter/Pe/ter/pump/kin/eat/er" (slashes mark the division of syllables) and these create trochaics or stresses/unstressed syllable combination "Pe/ter/Pe/ter/pump/kin/eat/er" (bolded syllables are stressed ones).

Which is an example of trochaic tetrameter? ￼A."Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" ￼B."Is this a dagger I see before me?" ￼C."Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater" ￼D."For the four winds blow in from ev'ry coast"

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Which is an example of trochaic tetrameter?

A."Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" B."Is this a dagger I see before me?" C."Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater" D."For the four winds blow in from ev'ry coast"