iambic
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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
Many other lines in this poem are also iambic or trochaic, yet the subject matter is troubled.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022
North of Copenhagen is the city of Elsinore, home to the castle where Hamlet takes place, with its wandering ghosts, ill-advised eavesdropping behind the drapes, conversations with skulls, and deadly duels in iambic pentameter.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing iambic
Poetry: Structure and Meter
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 4
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Shakespeare
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