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Recent Examples of pentameter
The movie does use certain software in order to ensure that the rhymes of Dr Seuss’ famous feline creation are structured in iambic pentameter, Carloni explained.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 June 2025
A couple of regional and college theaters are ending their regular seasons in April with Shakespeare plays, and a couple of other events are on tap to keep the iambic pentameter flowing.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2025
Even Pope settled for iambic pentameter when translating Homer, rather than the epics’ dactylic hexameter.
—William Logan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The dialogue is both realist, full of the ejaculations and repetitions that characterize human speech, and poetic, with only the occasional anapest interrupting the poem’s iambic pentameter.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 June 2025
A couple of regional and college theaters are ending their regular seasons in April with Shakespeare plays, and a couple of other events are on tap to keep the iambic pentameter flowing.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2025
Even Pope settled for iambic pentameter when translating Homer, rather than the epics’ dactylic hexameter.
—William Logan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The dialogue is both realist, full of the ejaculations and repetitions that characterize human speech, and poetic, with only the occasional anapest interrupting the poem’s iambic pentameter.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pentameter
Noun
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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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As the anti-India movement in the Maldives gained momentum, China exploited the United States’ absence, rapidly expanding its regional footprint by easing the tremendous debt the island country owed China.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Alcaraz’s movement and defense are basically peerless, but Fritz matched him — almost.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Pentameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pentameter. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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