iambic pentameter
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iambic pentameter
- /aɪˈæmbɪk pɛnˈtæmɪtə(ɹ)/
noun iambic pentameters
- A poetic meter consisting of lines with five iambic feet each, meaning the even syllables are dominant. Yet he didn't recommend Wilson, even though she has undertaken to capture the poem's aural grandeur by rendering it as iambic pentameter. (Nothing signals canonical like employing Shakespeare's favourite meter.)
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noun a poetic meter
| Español | pentámetro yámbico |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 抑揚格五音步詩 /抑扬格五音步诗 yìyánggé wǔyīnbù shī |
| Português | pentâmetro iâmbico |
| Français | pentamètre iambique |
| Deutsch | jambischer Fünfheber |
| Italiano | pentametro giambico |
| Română | pentametru iambic |
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