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Iambic Pentametre
Presented by Lauren Dong

Contents
Term-Explaining
Iambic Pentametre
Iambic Pentametre and Shakespeare Work
Metre: basic rhythmic structure (格律)
---- a kind of pattern of how the lines anized
Term-Explaining
qualitative metre (English)
divide a line into parts with regular intervals
according to stress (stressed and unstressed)
quantitative metre (Latin and Greek)
divide a line into parts with regular intervals
according to the length of syllable
Metre: basic rhythmic structure (格律)
---- a kind of pattern of how the lines anized
Term-Explaining
Foot: the basic metrical unit (音步)
---- a group of syllables (2-4)
Term-Explaining
˘˘ pyrrhus, dibrach
˘¯ iamb
¯ ˘ trochee, choree (or choreus)
¯ ¯ spondee
¯ = long (stressed) syllable
˘= short (unstressed) syllable
. To be / or not / to be / that is / the ques/tion
An iambic foot is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
The rhythm can be written as:
ta-DUM
A line of iambic pentameter is five iambic feet in a row:
ta-DUM—ta-DUM—ta-DUM—ta-DUM—ta-DUM
Iambic Pentametre(五步抑扬格)
Definition:
a meter referring to a line consisting of five iambic feet
Iambic Pentametre(五步抑扬格)
. Shall I / compare / thee to / a sum/mer's day /
—— William Shakespeare, 18)
Two other kinds of Iambic Pentametre
Tetrametre: four iambic feet
. Content / with that / my mind / doth bring.
—— Edward Dyer, "My Mind to Me A Kingdom Is"
Heptametre: seven iambic feet
. I s'pose / the flats / is pret/ty green / up there / in I/ronbark.
—— A. B. Paterson, The Man from Ironbark
Iambic Pentametre(五步抑扬格)
Shall I / compare / thee to / a sum/mer's day? A
Thou / art / more / love/ly / and / more /tem/pe/rate: B
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, A
And summer's lease hath all too short a date, B
Iamb - can be replaced with other kind of feet
Pentametre - five of the iambs – can be replaced with four or seven or etc
Iambic Pentametre(五步抑扬格)
Rhythmic vari