Iambic Pentameter

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
IP
Pronunciation
/aɪˈæmbɪk pɛnˈtæmɪtər/
Category
Community
Related Field
Music

Examples in Context

  1. A couplet written in iambic pentameter is called a heroic couplet.
  2. They usually write poetry in heroic couplets, a polished iambic pentameter line.
  3. A verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter.
  4. Unrhymed verse ( usually in iambic pentameter ).
  5. Heroic couplet refers to two lines of iambic pentameter rhyming with each other.

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