Unrhymed five-accented line, felt by many to be the most powerful of all metrical forms in English poetry. Shakespeare excelled in the use of iamblic pentameter. And consider this from [Christoper Marlowe]?'s "Dr Faustus": |
Unrhymed five-accented line, felt by many to be the most powerful of all metrical forms in English poetry. Shakespeare excelled in the use of iamblic pentameter. And consider this from Christopher Marlowe's "Dr Faustus": |