iambic pentameter Tags
The word “iambic” means to have two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed. Pentameter indicates there are ten syllables in the line. So iambic pentameter means that it is poetry written in a ten-line, alternating stress structure.
Scansion Overview
What is scansion? A system of scansion is a way to mark the metrical patterns of a line of poetry. In classical poetry, these patterns are based on the different lengths of each vowel sound, and in English poetry, they are...
Also tagged: amphibrach, anapest, antibaccius, bacchius, cretic, dactyl, iamb, molossus, pyrrhic, scansion, spondee, tribrach, trochee
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