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Essay & Composition Writing
Iambic pentameters
is the word some stressed or unstressed?
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Iambic means two syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed ( reTURN; in LOVE; go HOME ; etc). Together, the two syllables make one foot. A pentameter is a set of five feet.
- Iambic means two syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed ( reTURN; in LOVE; go HOME ; etc).
- Together, the two syllables make one foot.
- A pentameter is a set of five feet.
- Here are 4 lines, each one of iambic pentameter: Shall I comPARE thee TO a SUMmer's DAY?
- Thou ARTmore LOVEly AND more TEMPerATE.
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Iambic means two syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed (reTURN; in LOVE; go HOME; etc). Together, the two syllables make one foot. A pentameter is a set of five feet. Here are 4 lines, each one of iambic pentameter:
Shall I comPARE thee TO a SUMmer's DAY?
Thou ARTmore LOVEly AND more TEMPerATE.
Rough WINDS do SHAKE the DARLing BUDS of
Shall I comPARE thee TO a SUMmer's DAY?
Thou ARTmore LOVEly AND more TEMPerATE.
Rough WINDS do SHAKE the DARLing BUDS of
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