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Recent Examples of pentameter
Heffernan, who was raised in southwest Detroit, was known for pushing the boundaries of traditional poetic forms such as sonnets, sestinas and iambic pentameters, infusing them with everyday conversational tones and theological depth.
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Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
The first passage is a Spenserian stanza, nine lines long, the last line being an Alexandrine—consisting of six feet, that is, and thus metrically a foot longer than the iambic pentameters that precede it.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
But all of this was before ChatGPT, which has no trouble with text generation, even with very difficult constraints like rhyming and iambic pentameter.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
Ask for a poem in Shakespearean iambic pentameter about your dog Spot, and ChatGPT will comply.
—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
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Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
The first passage is a Spenserian stanza, nine lines long, the last line being an Alexandrine—consisting of six feet, that is, and thus metrically a foot longer than the iambic pentameters that precede it.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
But all of this was before ChatGPT, which has no trouble with text generation, even with very difficult constraints like rhyming and iambic pentameter.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
Ask for a poem in Shakespearean iambic pentameter about your dog Spot, and ChatGPT will comply.
—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pentameter
Noun
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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
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On the other, the Satires and Epistles, loose, talky poems written, like the Ars, in dactylic hexameter.—
Gregory Hays,
The New York Review of Books,
27 May 2020
Noun
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The physical symptoms of anxiety, racing thoughts, tightness in the chest, and excess energy can be redirected into movement (exercise), mindfulness, or strategic thinking.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Commentary about recent protest movements including the harsh crackdown on student protesters over the war in Gaza have evoked grim comparisons to theKent State massacre in 1970.—
Made by History,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Pentameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pentameter. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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