Meaning & use
pentameter
A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet, as in iambic pentameter.
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Shakespeare wrote most of his sonnets in iambic pentameter, with five stressed beats per line.
The students practiced scanning pentameter lines to identify the stressed and unstressed syllables.
A note on using this word
Pentameter specifies five metrical feet per line; iambic pentameter alternates unstressed and stressed syllables.
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