Which would be planted newly with the time,Īs calling home our exiled friends abroad Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland Made glorious summer by this sun of York Īnd all the clouds that lour'd upon our house William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
I'll give thee fairies to attend on thee,Īnd they shall fetch thee jewels from the deep,Īnd sing while thou on pressed flowers dost sleep
One writer in particular was famed for using it, William Shakespeare, although he was not the first, Chaucer used it to good effect before him, as you'll see in these iambic pentameter examples:Īnd none but fools do wear it cast it off.Īnd I do love thee: therefore, go with me Iambic pentameter is the most common type of meter used in poetry and verse.
