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iambic pentameter

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Main Entry:  iambic pentameter
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
Etymology:  French iambique 'of a foot or verse' and Greek pentameter 'measure of five'
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