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from Dave Doherty (DaveLucian@aol.com)
Here are a few things i looked up to help you. the websters dictionary iamb = a meterical foot of two syllables, the first inaccented and the other accented, as in English verse. iambic= of or made of iambs 1. an iamb. 2. a poem or line of poetry written in iambs. hep*tam*e*ter (noun)

First appeared circa 1898

: a line of verse consisting of seven metrical feet Iambic pentameter=The most common METER in English VERSE. It consists of a line ten SYLLABLES long that is accented on every second beat (See BLANK VERSE.) These lines in iambic pentameter are from The Merchant of Venice, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: In sooth, / I know / not why / I am / so sad. / It wea / ries me; / you say / it wea/ ries you....

Dictionary of Cultural Literacy Second Edition. Revised and updated. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett and James Trefil. Copyright 1993 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation. All rights reserved.

thanks, Dave doherty

(posted 9529 days ago)

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