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Iambic Tetrameter vs. Iambic Pentamter

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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Iambic Tetrameter vs. Iambic Pentamter

What's the difference?!?
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Let's start with an Iamb...

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An Iamb is a foot of poetry

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It consists of one short syllable

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and one long syllable

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Well, "Tetra" means four

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And "Penta" means five

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So a tetrameter has four iambic feet

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And a pentameter has five iambic feet

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Example: Iambic Tetramter

"A host of golden daffodils" -William Wordsworth
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Example: Iambic Pentameter

"But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?" - Shakespeare
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So why isn't this Iambic Pentameter?

"I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain" - Robert Frost
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So Now You Know the Difference

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Works Cited
"Examples of Iambic." YourDictionary. LoveToKnow, Corp. Web. 02 Sept. 2015.
"Iamb (Poetry)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 02 Sept. 2015.
"Iambic Pentameter." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 02 Sept. 2015.
"Iambic Tetrameter." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 02 Sept. 2015.

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