iambic pentameter
noun/aɪˈæmbɪk pɛnˈtæmɪtə(ɹ)/
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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.)2023 October 21, Kate Maltby, “Brute force”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9: