To err is human, to forgive is divine.” As an instance of poetic meter (iambic pentameter, to be precise), Alexander Pope’s ...

This pattern is known as iambic pentameter, but it just means that each line has five da-DUMs and the stress is always on the second syllable. It sounds like a beating heart, perhaps it works well ...

The majority of The Merchant of Venice is written in blank verse. Most of Shakesepare’s blank verse is called iambic pentameter. The rhythm in iambic pentameter is made up of ten syllables per line.

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