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A pentameter is not a unit of distance - a pentameter is a verse of five alternating metrical feet - found in poetry.

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A pentameter is a unit of poetic meter containing five metrical feet. It does not have a fixed length in kilometers, as it is a unit used in poetry to describe the rhythm of a line of verse, not a unit of distance like kilometers.

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How many feet does a pentameter have?

5


How many syllables are there in iambic pentameter?

ten


What is shakespeare favorite meter?

The gas meter. No, actually, his verse writing is mostly in iambic pentameter.


What part of speech is pentameter?

Pentameter is a noun.


What term refers to the sequence of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem?

iambic pentameter


How many two syllable pairs are in a line of iambic pentameter?

five of them


What is another name for iambic pentameter?

Iambic pentameter couplets are often called Heroic couplets. Unrimed Iambic Pentameter is called Blank Verse. But I do not know of a generic alternate term for Iambic Pentameter.


Is coffee an iambic pentameter?

No, coffee is not an iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter is a metrical pattern in poetry consisting of lines with five pairs of alternating stressed and unstressed syllables. Coffee is a beverage and does not follow a metrical pattern like iambic pentameter.


What type of pentameter does Shakespeare use in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Iambic pentameter/ Blank Verse


If there were five iambic units in a line of iambic pentameter how many syllables would be in that line?

10


Is iambic pentameter like a heartbeat?

Yes, iambic pentameter is unstressed-stressed, unstressed-stressed, and so on.


How do you draw pentameter?

Pentameter refers to a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. One common form is iambic pentameter, which alternates between unstressed and stressed syllables. To write in iambic pentameter, focus on using ten syllables per line with the stress falling on every other syllable.