Poetry has a long and rich history, dating back to the time of ancient Greece. There have also been many famous poems written using iambic pentameter such as “The Star-Spangled Banner” which was written by Francis Scott Key. Typically it is written as alternating unstressed and stressed syllables with five feet per line of verse. Iambic pentameters are found in many famous works of literature such as Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, and William Wordsworth’s “Daffodils.” Iambic pentameters are often found in epic poems like Paradise Lost by John Milton or Beowulf by Anonymous because they can be used to create dramatic tension through long sentences with lots of clauses.
The word “pentameter” comes from the Greek word for five parts, and an iamb is two syllables in length. Iambic pentameter is a form of English verse that has five iambs per line, or 10 syllables.
IAMBIC PENTAMETER What Is Iambic Pentameter?
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