What is iambic pentameter?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Five iambs of unstressed then stressed syllables
- Step 1: A line has ten syllables in five iambs, as in much of Shakespeare's verse.
Answer
Five iambs of unstressed then stressed syllables.
Why not the others: The other options do not describe the metre.
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