What is iambic peentameter?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_tetrameter .... An Iamb is a metrical foot which goes [unstressed stressed]. A tetrameter has four of these. The best known English poem in Iambic Tetrameter is Butler's Hudibras: 'Tis strange how some mens' tempers suit/ (Like bawd and brandy) with dispute,/ That for their own opinions stand last/ Only to have them claw'd and canvast;/ That keep their consciences in cases,/ As fiddlers do their crowds and bases,/ Ne'er to be us'd, but when they're bent/ To play a fit for argument;/ It is a good metre for satire.

Answer 2

Iambic trimeter is a meter in poetry consisting of three iambic units per line.

Iambic is the dee-dum rhythm.

"I met a hungry cat

Up there in Ironbark"

Answer 3

Iambic pentameter is a metrical pattern in poetry consisting of five iambs per line. An iamb is a metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. This pattern is commonly used in English poetry and serves as the basis for many poems and plays.

Answer 4

An iambic poem uses a type of writing with an unstressed syllable that is followed by a stressed syllable. Iambic is he word used to describe the type of foot used in the poem.

Answer 5

Iambic tetrameter is a poetic meter. Iambs are generally a short syllable followed by a long syllable. A poem in iambic tetrameter would consist of lines of four iambs.

Answer 6

Iambic pentameter is a form of meter. It contains five feet, and each feet has two syllables. The first syllable is unstressed and the second is stressed.