What is iambic pentameter?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. A line of ten syllables made of five feet, each with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one
- Step 1: Penta means five and an iamb is a foot of two syllables. Step 2. Five iambs give ten syllables in a da-DUM pattern. Answer: ten syllables in five iambic feet. Why not the others: the other options give different line lengths and stress patterns.
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