What does lambic pentameter mean

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HariShankar · Answer 1 · 2019-11-12T11:15:43+0000

Its a meter in poetry, consisting of an unrhymed line with five iambs or feet (hence pentameter), felt by many to be the most powerful of all metrical forms in English Poetry.

CMoi · Answer 2 · 2019-11-16T15:40:02+0000

a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.

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