iambic pentameter

The most common meter in English verse . It consists of a line ten syllables long that is accented on every second beat ( see blank verse ). These lines in iambic pentameter are from The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare :
ĭn sóoth,/ĭ knów/nŏt whý/ĭ ám/sŏ sád.
ĭt wéa/riĕs mé;/yŏu sáy/ĭt wéa/riĕs yóu….

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Example Sentences

The lovers speak entirely in iambic pentameter, which works much better than it should.

The meter is iambic pentameter; but the first foot of the second line is a trochee, and emphasizes thoughts with fine effect.

It consists of nine verses, the first eight being iambic pentameter, and the ninth line iambic hexameter, or Alexandrine.

Unrhymed poetry, usually in iambic pentameter measure, is known as blank verse.

The sonnet is a lyric poem consisting of fourteen iambic pentameter lines.

He first gives his reasons for preferring iambic pentameter to the Reinartsvers, which some might think best to use.

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