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Heffernan, who was raised in southwest Detroit, was known for pushing the boundaries of traditional poetic forms such as sonnets, sestinas and iambic pentameters, infusing them with everyday conversational tones and theological depth.
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Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
The first passage is a Spenserian stanza, nine lines long, the last line being an Alexandrine—consisting of six feet, that is, and thus metrically a foot longer than the iambic pentameters that precede it.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
But all of this was before ChatGPT, which has no trouble with text generation, even with very difficult constraints like rhyming and iambic pentameter.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
Ask for a poem in Shakespearean iambic pentameter about your dog Spot, and ChatGPT will comply.
—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
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Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
The first passage is a Spenserian stanza, nine lines long, the last line being an Alexandrine—consisting of six feet, that is, and thus metrically a foot longer than the iambic pentameters that precede it.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
But all of this was before ChatGPT, which has no trouble with text generation, even with very difficult constraints like rhyming and iambic pentameter.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
Ask for a poem in Shakespearean iambic pentameter about your dog Spot, and ChatGPT will comply.
—Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
See All Example Sentences for pentameter
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“Pentameter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pentameter. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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