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,
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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
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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
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