4. The following lines are an example of which meter? 
        O young Lochinvar is come out of the west, 	
	Through all the wide Border his steed was the best.

  1. iambic tetrameter
  2. iambic pentameter
  3. trochaic tetrameter
  4. dactyllic pentameter
  5. trochaic pentameter
  6. anapestic tetrameter
  7. anapestic pentameter
  8. dactyllic tetrameter

3 is WRONG.

Trochaic tetrameter would have only 8 syllables,by definition. How many are there in this line?

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