IAMBIC PENTAMETER HOW TO DO IT Iambic Pentameter

IAMBIC PENTAMETER HOW TO DO IT ☺

➢ Iambic Pentameter has 10 syllables. ➢ 5 unstressed, 5 stressed ➢ “This holy shrine the gentle sin is this” ➢ This ho ly shrine the gen tle sin is this ➢ 1 iambic foot =‘s two syllables Ex. Remark You must have 5 of these for it to be iambic PENTameter

“Whose woods these are I think I know” ➢ While 1 this follows the correct rhythm… 2 3 4 Whose woods these are I think I know ➢ It’s not iambic PENTameter because there are only 4 iambic feet

Beat out the following to see if they are iambic pentameter or not! ➢ Good pilgrim you do wrong your hand too much ➢I strike quickly being moved ➢ Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at night

Beat these out and tell whether they are iambic pentameter or not ➢ Or else beshrew them both ➢I say silver sound because musicians sound for silver ➢ Oh, pardon me for bringing these ill news teach me how I should forget to think

ANSWERS 1. Good pilgrim you do wrong your hand too much (YES) 2. I strike quickly being moved (NO) 3. Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at night (NO) 4. Or else beshrew them both (NO) 5. I say silver sound because musicians sound for silver (NO) 6. Oh pardon me for bringing these ill news (YES) 7. Oh, teach me how I should forget to think (YES)

Practice I am a pirate with a wooden leg I am /a pir/ ate with /a wood/ en leg

Iamb examples Iamb or Iambus (iambic): = u / behold, amuse, arise, awake, return, Noel, depict, destroy, inject, inscribe, insist, employ, "to be, " inspire, unwashed