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Recent Examples of pentameterThe first passage is a Spenserian stanza, nine lines long, the last line being an Alexandrine—consisting of six feet, that is, and thus metrically a foot longer than the iambic pentameters that precede it.—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024 Adapted by Laurie Woolery, who directs, and the singer-songwriter Shaina Taub, who provides the music and lyrics, this easeful, intentional show bestows the pleasures typical of a Shakespeare comedy — adventure, disguise, multiple marriages, pentameter for days.—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2022 But all of this was before ChatGPT, which has no trouble with text generation, even with very difficult constraints like rhyming and iambic pentameter.—Quanta Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023 Ask for a poem in Shakespearean iambic pentameter about your dog Spot, and ChatGPT will comply.—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for pentameter
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