If you paid any attention at all in high school English, you probably remember iambic pentameter, most likely from reading Shakespeare, and perhaps even other meters like trochaic tetrameter (the ...

Here, we explain what iambic pentameter is and how to speak in it, and list a few iconic Shakespeare performances to check out. ... Used in traditional poetry and verse, ...

It's poetry — rhyming couplets written in perfect iambic pentameter, those ten-syllable lines of alternating emphasis made famous by authors of sonnets and blank verse. But unlike your average ...

poetry. Lately, I’ve had Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons‘ masterpiece Watchmen on hand as my go-to reading material for when I’ve had a free minute and I’ve read through it a few times over ...

Don't Sweat Over Iambic Pentameter April is National Poetry Month and Tell Me More is inviting listeners to tweet original poems no longer than 140 characters to #TMMPoetry. Host Michel Martin ...

When you walk into a poetry reading or a poetry workshop, so often, it’s a bunch of white guys in their 60s. … I’m there facilitating the group, but the value for me is immeasurable.

RHYME’S ROOMS The Architecture of Poetry By Brad Leithauser. If you write about poetry, ... Anyway, he’s fully qualified to tell you about iambic pentameter.