iambic pentameter

noun

Meaning

A poetic meter consisting of a line with five feet in each of which the iamb is dominant.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

iambic tetrameter(English)pentameter(English)pentametre(English)elegiac pentameter(English)tetrameter(English)hexameter(English)dimeter(English)trimeter(English)

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