Question

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
how many iambs are in this line from sonnet 18

Answer 1

It's 2. Five, because an iamb is an unstressed syllable and a stressed syllable.

I have no idea what that other dude was on about.

Answer 2

I wonder how you show accents with this editor. The accented sylablies are

winds shake dar buds May That makes 5 of Iambic feet. The first one is kind o f iffy. I think the accent comes on winds but others may not.

Rough winds' do shake' the dar'-ling buds' of May'

Answer 5