Which sentence uses the underlined word correctly? O The silk curtains were a nice compliment to the tall
windows.
She appreciated his effort and paid him a nice
complement.
The necklace was a perfect complement to her
outfit.
The design of the building complimented its
intended purpose.

To define trochaic meter as simply as possible, it is a line of poetry composed of trochees. Like the iamb that is favored in over 75% of English poetry, the trochee is a basic metrical unit called a foot consisting of two syllables.

The trochee, though, begins with a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed, or weak, syllable. This makes it the mirror image of the iamb, which follows the pattern weak-stressed. Think of the word 'trouble' (a trochee) as opposed to 'above' (an iamb). Say both words out loud, and you'll be able to hear which syllable is the stressed one.