iambic

Example Sentences

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"This is the biggest mountain because I was always worried about the iambic pentameter, about blank verse, and not being trained as an actor," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 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

This being so, Leithauser’s chapters cover such seemingly ho-hum subjects as iambic pentameter, iambic tetrameter, the stanza, enjambment, rhyming and wordplay.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022

Many other lines in this poem are also iambic or trochaic, yet the subject matter is troubled.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

“At first glance, it appears to be rhyming quatrains in iambic heptameter.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood