Poetry by ODella Wilson AKA Alhavakia» iambic http://alhavakia.com poetry and inspirational writings Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:45:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Iambic Pentameter http://alhavakia.com/2010/02/07/iambic-pentameter/ http://alhavakia.com/2010/02/07/iambic-pentameter/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:31:22 +0000 admin http://alhavakia.com/?p=304 Iambic Pentameter is the most common meter of English poetry. Pronounced “eye- am -bik pen- tam -uh-tuhr” this style poem uses ten (10) syllables per line, usually unrhymed with five feet or accents.

Iambic means “of a foot or verse” and Pentameter means “measure of five” Each foot containing one unaccented syllable and one accented syllable.

Most of Shakespeare’s plays where written in Iambic pentameter.

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