Glossary of Poetic Terms
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Pentameter
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A line made up of five feet. It is the most common metrical line in English. Theodore Roethke’s “The Waking” is written in iambic pentameter. Hart Crane maintains pentameter lines made up of variable feet in “The Bridge: To Brooklyn Bridge.” See also blank verse and iamb.
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