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Iambic pentameter

Iambic pentameter. A type of meter in poetry, in which there are five iambs to a line. (The prefix penta - means "five," as in pentagon , a geometrical figure with five sides. Meter refers to rhythmic units. In a line of iambic pentameter, there are five rhythmic units that are iambs.)

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Iambic pentameter

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  1. Iambic pentameter • A type of meter in poetry, in which there are five iambs to a line. (The prefix penta- means "five," as in pentagon, a geometrical figure with five sides. • Meterrefers to rhythmic units. In a line of iambic pentameter, there are five rhythmic units that are iambs.) • Shakespeare's plays were written mostly in iambic pentameter, which is the most common type of meter in English poetry. • An example of an iambic pentameter line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is: • "But soft!/ What light/ through yon/der win/dowbreaks?" • Another, from Richard III, is • "A horse!/ A horse!/ My king/domfor/ a horse!"

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