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iambic pentameter

How many syllables in iambic pentameter?

  789243165 syllables

Divide iambic pentameter into syllables:   i-am-bic pen-tam-e-ter
How to pronounce iambic pentameter:   ahy-am-bik pen-tah-mee-ter
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