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Iambic pentameter is a line of:

AFive iambic feet (ten syllables, alternating unstressed-stressed)
BFour trochaic feet
CSix anapaestic feet
DThree dactylic feet
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Five iambic feet (ten syllables, alternating unstressed-stressed)
1. Iambic pentameter is the dominant English verse line. 2. Shakespearean blank verse uses it. 3. The structure: weak-STRONG repeated five times. _Source: Composite — Shakespearean prosody — "Shakespearean drama (canonical verse line)"_
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