A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
- William Shakespeare, King Richard III, Act V, scene iv
Why is this verse an example of iambic pentameter?
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A. The verse is 10 syllables long with an unstressed syllable at the
beginning and end.
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B. It contains five metrical feet, each with an unstressed and then a
stressed syllable.
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C. It is a line from Shakespeare, and his plays contain verse written