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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
poetic meter. А poem is said to be
written in a
particular pentameter when the lines...
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dactylic pentameter is a verse-form which, in
classical Gr**** and
Latin poetry,
follows a
dactylic hexameter to make up an
elegiac couplet. It consists...
- The
Pentameters Theatre was
founded in 1968 and is
still run by
artistic director Leonie Scott-Matthews, a well
known Hampstead resident. It is a 60-seat...
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stressed syllables coming at
regular intervals (e.g. in
iambic pentameters,
usually every even-numbered syllable). Many
Romance languages use a...
- (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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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...
- character,
which is
abbreviated to ENQ. A
pentameter is
verse with five
repeating feet per line; the
iambic pentameter was the most
prominent form used by William...
- 1819
edition S****ey's "Ozymandias" is a sonnet,
written in
loose iambic pentameter, but with an
atypical rhyme scheme,
which violates the
Italian sonnet...
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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...
