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OpenStudy (collegekid300):

Which line of poetry is written in iambic pentameter? Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon To him who in the love of Nature holds. Took a long reed for a pipe-stem,

OpenStudy (chaserosetaco):

its followed by five stressed and unstressed syllables

OpenStudy (chaserosetaco):

wait

OpenStudy (chaserosetaco):

i counted wrong lmao

OpenStudy (chaserosetaco):

count out the syllables to 10

OpenStudy (chaserosetaco):

thats iambic pentameter

OpenStudy (yoongibear):

i thought it was 5 though

OpenStudy (yoongibear):

oh dear oh dear

OpenStudy (chaserosetaco):

five stressed syllables and five unstressed syllables

OpenStudy (chaserosetaco):

i·am·bic pen·tam·e·ter nounPROSODY a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.

OpenStudy (yoongibear):

oh lel i forgot about the unstressed syllables xD

OpenStudy (chaserosetaco):

lol

OpenStudy (yoongibear):

im slow sometimes

OpenStudy (chaserosetaco):

k sweet

OpenStudy (yoongibear):

yas

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