Answer:
The first three lines of each stanza are in iambic tetrameter, and the last line of each stanza is in iambic trimeter.
The third stanza has a variation; it contains an anapaestic foot (“by the Tum”) in the third line.
He took | his vor | pal sword | in hand;
Long time | the manx | ome foe | he sought –
So rest | ed he | by the Tum | tum tree,
And stood | awhile | in thought.
I could make out the poem’s rhythm more clearly when I listened to the reading.
Explanation:
