Iambic pentameter

Iambic pentameter is a meter in poetry, consisting of lines with five feet (hence "pentameter") in which the iamb is the dominant foot (hence "Iambic"). Iambic rhythms are quite easy to write in English and iambic pentameter is among the most common metrical forms in English poetry. Like other meters, it has its origins in Greek poetry.

See also

• Blank verse
• Heroic couplet
• iamb
• sonnet
• Meter (poetry)