iambic pentameter

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iambic pentameter: see pentameter pentameter [Gr.,=measure of five], in prosody, a line to be scanned in five feet (see versification). The third line of Thomas Nashe's "Spring" is in pentameter: "Cold doth / not sting, / the pret / ty birds / do sing.
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No references found			For example, at the end of the fight, Helena abbreviates "I am amazed" to "I'm amazed": she gets the laugh, and ruins an iambic pentameter. Midsummer Night reservations by The Journal (Newcastle, England) It's just a pity he isn't allowed to make more of that exquisite iambic pentameter that Romeo plays with so adeptly. Review: ROMEO AND JULIET RSC at the Lowry by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Interns learn that it's better to analyze one Shakespearean sonnet effectively than to expose students to ten while blathering about the joys of iambic pentameter. Up or down the Staircase?: mentors help interns figure it out by Hardin, Dorothy E. / Education Next			Iakushkin, Viacheslav Iakushkin, Viacheslav Evgenevich Iakutovich, Georgii Iakutovich, Georgii Viacheslavovich IAL Ialava, Gugo Ialava, Gugo Erikovich IALD Ialkain, Ianysh Ialkain, Ianysh Ialkaevich Ialoilutepe Culture Ialomita Ialpug Ialutorovsk IAM Iam Zapolskii, Peace Treaty of 1582 Iam-Alin Iama Iamantau Iamarovka Iamashev, Khusain Iamashev, Khusain Mingazetdinovich Iamb Iambe iambic iambic pentameter Iamblichus Iambol Iambol District Iamburg Iambuto Iamkun Iampol Iampolskii, Abram Ilich Iamskaia Povinnost Iamskoi Prikaz Ian Antonovich Berzin Ian Anvelt Ian Berzin Ian Borisovich Gamarnik Ian Davydovich Lentsman Ian Douglas Smith Ian Eduardovich Kalnberzin Ian Endzelin Ian Gamarnik Ian Grunt Ian Iakovlevich Zutis Ian Ianovich Anvelt Ian Ianovich Grunt Ian Iosifovich Nagurskii Ian Kalnberzin			IAMA IAMA IAMAA IAMAI IAMAM IAMANEH Iamantau IAMAP Iamarovka IAMAS Iamashev, Khusain Iamashev, Khusain Mingazetdinovich IAMAT Iamatology IAMAW IAMAW iamb iamb iamb Iambe iambi iambi iambic iambic Iambic hexameter Iambic hexameter Iambic keyer Iambic keyer Iambic meter Iambic meter iambic pentameter Iambic pentametre Iambic tetrameter Iambic trimeter Iambic Verse Iambic Verse Iambical Iambically Iambimatic Iambize Iamblichus Iamblichus of Chalcis Iambol Iambol Iambol District IAMBP iambs iambs Iamburg iambus iambus iambuses iambuses Iambuto IAMC IAMCC IAMCM IAMCO IAMCP IAMCR

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