Ambic Pentameter.?

Question

What is the meaning of this word?

Answer 1

I think you mean iambic pentameter which is a common rhythm used in poetry. I've come across it in Latin and English.

Answer 2

I think that you mean Iambic Pentameter. This is a measurement of syllables and rhythmic pattern in poetry which is derived from Greco-Latin sources.
There are five pairs of syllables per line. These go weak,strong
x 5. A favourite of Shakespeare, all his 150 sonnets were in Iambic Pentameter - Penta comes from the Greek word for the number 5.

Answer 3

IAMBIC PENTAMETER:

Iambic pentameter is a meter in poetry. It refers to a line consisting of five iambic feet. The word "pentameter" simply means that there are five feet in the line; iambic pentameter is a line comprising five iambs. The term originally applied to the quantitative meter of Classical Greek poetry, in which an iamb consisted of a short syllable followed by a long syllable. The term was adopted to describe the equivalent meter in English accentual-syllabic verse, where an iamb refers to an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Iambic rhythms come relatively naturally in English. Iambic pentameter is among the most common metrical forms in English poetry: it is used in many of the major English poetic forms, including blank verse, the heroic couplet, and some of the traditional rhymed stanza forms.the chessman has da hamburger.

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Answer 4

Iambic pentameter is a meter in poetry. It refers to a line consisting of five iambic feet. The word "pentameter" simply means that there are five feet in the line; iambic pentameter is a line comprising five iambs. The term originally applied to the quantitative meter of Classical Greek poetry, in which an iamb consisted of a short syllable followed by a long syllable. The term was adopted to describe the equivalent meter in English accentual-syllabic verse, where an iamb refers to an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
The sonnet is one of the most familiar and successful uses of iambic pentameter in English poetry.

Answer 5

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www.publications.villanova.edu/Concept/2006/rita_williams.pdf
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