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pentameter

How many syllables in pentameter?

  4 syllables

Divide pentameter into syllables:   pen-tam-e-ter
Stressed syllable in pentameter:   pen-tam-e-ter
How to pronounce pentameter:   pen-tah-mee-ter
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