Iambic Pentameter
Assignment: Rewrite a verse of your favorite song into iambic pentameter!
Understanding Iambic Pentameter:
When we speak, our syllables are either stressed (stronger emphasis) or unstressed (weaker emphasis). For example, the word remark consists of two syllables. "Re" is the unstressed syllable, with a weaker emphasis, while "mark" is stressed, with a stronger emphasis.
When we speak, our syllables are either stressed (stronger emphasis) or unstressed (weaker emphasis). For example, the word remark consists of two syllables. "Re" is the unstressed syllable, with a weaker emphasis, while "mark" is stressed, with a stronger emphasis.
- Foot: a group of two or three syllables
- Iamb: a specific foot: one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
- Pent means five, so a line of iambic pentameter consists of five iambs – five sets of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables.