iambic pentameter
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Other decisions are matters of policy: Should a translator preserve Shakespeare’s iambic pentameter?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
The pair haven't been afraid to experiment over the years, having produced an entirely silent episode, one all in iambic pentameter and now, in the final series, an episode filmed from a doorbell camera.
From BBC • May 4, 2024
But LLMs have also managed to ace the bar exam, explain the Higgs boson in iambic pentameter, and make an attempt to break up their users’ marriage.
From Scientific American • May 11, 2023
Much of the initial script’s Elizabethan iambic pentameter has been trimmed, while keeping the songs intact and leaving room for spontaneous actor-audience interactions.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2021
The games were meant to show the various types of poetic meter: iambic pentameter, for example, which William Shakespeare used to marvelous effect in many of his poems and plays.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
