Ahorse! 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

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