pentameter

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Recent Examples of pentameter Without Marlowe, there might have been no iambic pentameter, and no soliloquies. — Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025 By and large, Shakespeare wrote in iambic pentameter. — Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 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. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 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 See All Example Sentences for pentameter
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  1. tetrameter
  2. hexameter
  3. trimeter
  4. movement
Noun
  • 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
Definition of tetrameter
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  • Homer wrote a very long line of poetry—dactylic hexameter, with its six beats, and as many as seventeen syllables.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Even Pope settled for iambic pentameter when translating Homer, rather than the epics’ dactylic hexameter.
    — William Logan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Definition of hexameter
Noun
  • Especially after a late first trimeter loss, but also possibly beneficial after early loss.
    — Krissi Danielsson, Parents, 29 July 2024
Definition of trimeter
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  • But with no enforceable salary cap and unlimited player movement, every year can be wildly different.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers demonstrated the material in a data-glove system that detected hand movements and translated them into corresponding movements on a robotic model in real time.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
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