
I think I'll take a walk around the block.The book explained another way to write.Here are two sentences in iambic pentameter: It has the rhythm bah-BAH, as in the words "about," or "predict," or "parade." Iambic pentameter is a line of poetry consisting of five iambs. That's a rhythm that sounds like this: bah-BAH bah-BAH bah-BAH bah-BAH bah-BAH.Īn iamb is a rhythmic unit that includes an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. Sonnets are a kind of rhymed poem written in iambic pentameter.

At the bottom of this page, you'll find links to other CWN poetry resources. This is just one of many pages on this website about poetry types and techniques.

How to Write a Sonnet This page talks about how to write a sonnet and offers some poem starters for writing your own.
