iambic pentameter
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Other decisions are matters of policy: Should a translator preserve Shakespeare’s iambic pentameter?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
"This is the biggest mountain because I was always worried about the iambic pentameter, about blank verse, and not being trained as an actor," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2024
But LLMs have also managed to ace the bar exam, explain the Higgs boson in iambic pentameter, and make an attempt to break up their users’ marriage.
From Scientific American ● May 11, 2023
There’s something about Shakespeare and the language that, as a Black performer, I naturally get: the rhythms, the scansion, the iambic pentameter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
“Still, it was kind of the girls to write. I shall send each one a lengthy thank-you note, perhaps in iambic pentameter, if the mood strikes.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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