I do not understand counting feet in this poem , please help?

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This may sound stupid,but I do not understand how to count feet in this poem . anyone please help me count .

Willows whiten, aspens quiver,
Little breezes dusk and shiver
Thro' the wave that runs for ever
By the island in the river
Flowing down to Camelot.
Four gray walls, and four gray towers,
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle imbowers
The Lady of Shalott.

How many feet are used in each of the first 4 lines?

How many feet are in Line 9?
Thankyou very much ! :)
 
you have to figure out the meter it's using. This one is using trochee, up and down, 2 syllables a foot, and each line has 4 feet. 4x4 is 16 feet in the first 4 lines. The last line in iambic, down and up, is opposite of trochee and has 3 feet.
 
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