what are the iambic pentameter in romeo and juliet
An iamb is a metrical unit, or a foot of meter, made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (alive, forget, a dog). Pentameter refers to the number of iambs in the line (penta is the Greek word for five, as in a pentagon). So there are five iambs in a line of iambic pentammeter. Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter. Here are two examples from Romeo and Juliet. (' bold ' means stressed and ' italics ' means unstressed). My grave is like to be my wed ding bed.