how many feet does iambic feet have
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∙ 11y agoThere are ten beats oer line. Or so i was told.
An iamb is defined as one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. two HOUSEholds BOTH aLIKE in DIGniTY.
An iambic foot is consisted of two syllables -- I'm not quite sure what beats are, but they should be the same as syllables. Each iambic foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, on which you naturally place more emphasis. An example of a line composed of a couple of iambic feet would be: (Here the stressed syllables are in CAPS) i HAVE to GRILL the STEAK toDAY. So, in short, the answer is TWO.
5
There are 5 "feet" in a standard line of iambic pentameter. (penta- = 5)
Ten, but sometimes eleven if something significant is happening :)
Iambic meters are particularly effective in the English language. Iambic pentameter is used in many English poetry forms. The iambic measure (foot) has a syllable that is not stressed followed by one that is. Five iambic feet is the typical measure in a line of poetry.
iambic pentameter
Five. I think?
Much but not all, of Shakespeare's drama is written in blank verse, which consists of unrhymed iambic pentameter, five iambic feet.
Tetrameter is four stressed syllables; 'A treewhose hungry mouth is prest'.It is iambic tetrameter. There are four iambic feet.
Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot., Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus., An iambic foot; an iambus., A verse composed of iambic feet., A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.