word
Iambic Pentameter
eye-AM-bik pen-TAM-eh-ter
/aɪˈæmbɪk pɛnˈtæmɪtər/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
iambicpentameter
Dictionary meaning
Poetic meter consisting of five iambs (unstressed-stressed pairs) per line — da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM — the dominant meter of English poetry, used by Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats
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