Iambic pentameter
Verse and iambic pentameter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Verse" instead a noun phrase "Iambic pentameter".
Verse
Verse noun - A composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect.
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Synonyms for Verse
Iambic pentameter and verse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Iambic pentameter" instead a noun "Verse".
Nearby Words: version, versification, versing
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Related pairs
- rhythm and iambic pentameter
- rhythm and verse
- measure and iambic pentameter
- measure and verse
- meter and iambic pentameter
- meter and verse
- cadence and iambic pentameter
- cadence and verse
- song and iambic pentameter
- song and verse
- poetry and iambic pentameter
- poetry and verse
- stanza and iambic pentameter
- stanza and verse
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Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, Princess Ida has its dialogue in blank verse, which is unrhymed iambic pentameter.
Source: Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter - Pentameter, as the "penta" prefix implies, is verse with five beats (tetrameter has four, heptameter has seven, etc.), so iambic pentameter has five iambs per line.
Source: Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter -
Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter: Most of the dialog in the past is blank verse, and the meter varies between characters.
Source: Film / The Undead
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