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Recent Examples of pentameter
By and large, Shakespeare wrote in iambic pentameter.
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Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Screenwriter Michael Lesslie oversaw this adaptation, which carries with it unfortunate relics of an earlier time — not the iambic pentameter, which is sacred, but references to kings and lords and a royal society that doesn’t translate one bit to the modern corporate world.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
The Best Cocktail for Poetry Fans: Negroni Lyrical writers like Shakespeare and John Keats often relied on iambic pentameter: verses that contain five 10-syllable lines.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025
What’s exciting about a production like this is to see the ways in which wordless movement can do the work here that iambic pentameter does in another context.
—Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2023
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Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Screenwriter Michael Lesslie oversaw this adaptation, which carries with it unfortunate relics of an earlier time — not the iambic pentameter, which is sacred, but references to kings and lords and a royal society that doesn’t translate one bit to the modern corporate world.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
The Best Cocktail for Poetry Fans: Negroni Lyrical writers like Shakespeare and John Keats often relied on iambic pentameter: verses that contain five 10-syllable lines.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2025
What’s exciting about a production like this is to see the ways in which wordless movement can do the work here that iambic pentameter does in another context.
—Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pentameter
Noun
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This quatrain is the poem’s ideal formal representation of itself, a kind of proof of concept: four lines of impeccable iambic tetrameter in an AABB rhyme scheme.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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This task — writing a poem about a worm in anapestic tetrameter, a very specific and satisfyingly arcane poetic meter — is a challenging one, but ChatGPT was the clear winner, followed by a distant grouping of Bing then Bard.—
James Vincent,
The Verge,
24 Mar. 2023
Noun
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Even Pope settled for iambic pentameter when translating Homer, rather than the epics’ dactylic hexameter.—
William Logan,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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At a rate of roughly one verse per minute, Clark’s invention could compose striking Latin hexameters.—
Laurent Dubreuil,
Harper's Magazine,
22 May 2024
Noun
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Especially after a late first trimeter loss, but also possibly beneficial after early loss.—
Krissi Danielsson,
Parents,
29 July 2024
Noun
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Total football remade soccer worldwide by emphasizing movement and pressure on the ball and the interchangeability of positions, laying the groundwork for the modern incarnation of the sport.—
Leander Schaerlaeckens
June 8,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Gabriel leans into the music, and the bell of his sax catches the light, flashing gold with each movement.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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“Pentameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pentameter. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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