iambic pentameter
i·am·bic pen·tam·e·ter
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ahy-am-bik pen-tam-i-ter]
- /aɪˈæm bɪk pɛnˈtæm ɪ tər/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ahy-am-bik pen-tam-i-ter]
- /aɪˈæm bɪk pɛnˈtæm ɪ tər/
Definitions of iambic pentameter words
- noun iambic pentameter a verse line consisting of five metrical iambs 0
- noun iambic pentameter A poetic meter consisting of a line with five feet in each of which the iamb is dominant. 0
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Parts of speech for Iambic pentameter
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iambic pentameter popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for iambic pentameter
noun iambic pentameter
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- iamb — a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- iambus — iamb.
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