noun
- lines of verse consisting of five metrical feet each
Usage: poetry; literary
Examples
- Shakespeare’s sonnets are written in iambic pentameters.
- The poet composed several pentameters for the opening stanza.
- Students analyzed the rhythm of the pentameters in Milton’s work.
- The pentameters gave the poem a steady, flowing rhythm.
- She struggled to write convincing pentameters for her assignment.
- The pentameters in this epic poem follow classical patterns.