Iambic Pentameter

Which one is NOT iambic pentameter?

• The clock struck one, the mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock

• When I have fears that I may cease to be

• Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

• To walk and pass our long love’s day

Which two are NOT iambic pentameter

• To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream

• He clasps the crag with crooked hands

• Life’s a walking shadow, a poor player

• Whose woods these are I think I know

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CCSS.RI.8.4

Which one is NOT iambic pentameter?

• And often is his gold complexion dimmed

• I wandered lonely, a cloud that floats

• The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons

• For his bounty, there was no winter in't

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Which two are NOT iambic pentameter?

• And all the men and women merely players

• Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are

• They also serve who only stand and wait

• My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Which two are NOT iambic pentameter?

• With eyes like stars upon the brave night air

• O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?

• Till human voices wake us, and we drown

• Bright is the ring of words when the right man rings them

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CCSS.RI.8.4

Which one is NOT iambic pentameter?

• Upon the summit of the cliff they stood

• A little boat tied to a willow tree

• To see the world in a grain of sand

• The stars are wanted now; put out every one

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Which one is NOT iambic pentameter?

• The sea that bares her bosom to the moon

• He holds him with his skinny hand

• The winds were silent, not a leaf moving

• With heavy heart, I wander through the night

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which two are NOT iambic pentameter?

• A book of verses underneath the bough

• Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory

• The curfew tolls the knell of parting day

• Beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Which one is NOT iambic pentameter?

• Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low

• The moon with glee, looks round and shines so bright

• And so, with no lessening of her rage

• Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which one is NOT iambic pentameter?

• Forsooth, this tumult needs must cease

• In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes

• The ancient time has gone by long ago

• O, listen to the water’s ceaseless flow

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