iambic pentameter

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iambic pentameter: see pentameter pentameter (pĕntăm`ətər) [Gr.,=measure of five], in prosody, a line to be scanned in five feet (see versification ).
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I admit that no one reads out loud in iambic pentameter (the WOUND-ed SOL-dier STAG-gered PAST the HOUSE), and I also admit that the natural line-reading can lie beside the metrical one in a sexy and interesting way.

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter is the metrical form most similar to natural spoken English.

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It is at about this point in the film that the viewer realizes the dialogue is entirely in iambic pentameter.

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