Seven metrical feet in a line of a stanza is

Analyze the question: The question asks for the term describing a line of verse made up of seven metrical feet.

Explain the concept: In poetry, the name of a line depends on how many metrical feet it contains. The Greek prefixes tell you the number:

• Monometer: 1 foot
• Dimeter: 2 feet
• Trimeter: 3 feet
• Tetrameter: 4 feet
• Pentameter: 5 feet
• Hexameter: 6 feet
• Heptameter: 7 feet
• Octameter: 8 feet

(Spelling note: Nigerian textbooks often write "metre", as in the options.)

Solution, option by option:

• A. Hexametre: "hexa" means six, so this is six feet. Not correct.
• B. Heptametre: "hepta" means seven, so this is seven feet. Correct.
• C. Septet: "sept" also relates to seven, which makes it tempting. But a septet is a stanza of seven lines (or a group of seven), not a line of seven feet. It describes the number of lines, not feet.
• D. Triolet: a French verse form of eight lines with a repeated pattern. It has nothing to do with seven feet.

Answer: The correct option is B. heptametre.

Exam tip: Separate feet per line from lines per stanza. Feet use the "-meter" words (penta-, hexa-, hepta-), while stanza names use words like couplet (2), tercet (3), quatrain (4), quintet (5), sestet (6), septet (7), and octave (8). If the question says "feet in a line", look for the "-meter" option.