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Iambic pentameter (/aɪˌæmbɪk pɛnˈtæmɪtər/ eye-AM-bik pen-TAM-it-ər) is a type of
metric line used in
traditional English poetry and
verse drama. The term...
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Pentameter (Ancient Gr****: πεντάμετρος, 'measuring five (feet)') is a term
describing the
meter of a poem. A poem is said to be
written in a particular...
- The
dactylic pentameter is a verse-form which, in
classical Gr**** and
Latin poetry,
follows a
dactylic hexameter to make up an
elegiac couplet. It features...
- trimeter, tetrameter,
pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, and octameter,
although seven or more feet in a line is uncommon.
Pentameter is the most common...
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narrative poetry, and
consisting of a
rhyming pair of
lines in
iambic pentameter. Use of the
heroic couplet was
pioneered by
Geoffrey Chaucer in the Legend...
- with
stressed syllables coming at
regular intervals (e.g. in
iambic pentameters,
usually every even-numbered syllable). Many
Romance languages use a...
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couplet consists of a
dactylic hexameter verse followed by a
dactylic pentameter verse. The
following is a
graphic representation of its scansion: – uu...
- (1590–96). Each
stanza contains nine
lines in total:
eight lines in
iambic pentameter followed by a
single 'alexandrine' line in
iambic hexameter. The rhyme...
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anonymous authorship from the
Jewish liturgy.)
Syllable weight Iambic pentameter Andrews,
Ethan Allen (1878).
Grammar of the
Latin Language. Houghton,...
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sometimes used as
substitutions in
iambic verse. In
strict iambic pentameter,
anapaests are rare, but they are
found with some
frequency in
freer versions...
