Question

Which line in Hamlet’s speech illustrates perfect iambic pentameter?
A. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer

B. The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

C. Or to take arms against a sea of troubles

D. When we have shuffled off this mortal coil

Answer 1

I don't know, but this is tha math forum, no? You should find your chances of a good response are better elsewhere. :)

Answer 2

cool kids say "tha" math, yeah...

Answer 3

You can try answer A. it should be it :) even though this is a math site lol.

Answer 4

D. When we have shuffled off this mortal coil
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When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Again, the uninterrupted iambic pentameter is skipping toward the predicate of Hamlet's discovery (which occurs in the next line). The language here, of course, is Shakespeare's poetic way of saying "when we've died" (shuffled = "gotten rid of" and coil = "turmoil, confusion").

http://www.bardweb.net/content/readings/hamlet/lines.html