what does iambic pentameter?
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Iambic pentameter A metrical pattern in poetry which consists of five iambic feet per line. (An iamb, or iambic foot, consists of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.) See also foot, meter.\n\nFoot The metrical unit by which a line of poetry is measured. A foot usually consists of one stressed and one or two unstressed syllables. An iambic foot, which consists of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable ("away"), is the most common metrical foot in English poetry. A trochaic foot consists of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable ("lovely"). An anapestic foot is two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed one ("understand"). A dactylic foot is one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones ("desperate"). A spondee is a foot consisting of two stressed syllables ("dead set"), but is not a sustained metrical foot and is used mainly for variety or emphasis.
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You have written the name of something followed by a question mark.\n\nIs is meaningless.
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Quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, etc
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They're about love\nThey're in iambic pentameter
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Foot: take the first letter of the second word, the first letter of the first word, the second letter of the first word and the last letter of the second word.
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That is Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant \n It is an Iambic pentameter--- a line of poetry with five iambic feet each containing one unstressed syllable follwed by one stressed syllable.\n\nTo him| who in| the love | of Na|ture holds\n\ncount it 5 feet. all have an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable\n\ncommu|nion with|her vis|ible forms|she speaks
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It is a figurative form of alliteration. Alliteration is a stylistic device, or literary technique, in which successive words (more strictly, stressed syllables) begin with the same consonant sound or letter. Alliteration is a frequent tool in poetry but it is also common in prose, particularly to highlight short phrases. Especially in poetry, it contributes to euphony of the passage, lending it a musical air. It may add a humorous effect. Related to alliteration are assonance, the repetition of vowel sounds, and consonance, the repetition of consonant sounds.\n\nAlliterative verse in one form or another is shared by all of the Germanic languages. In the English language, alliteration occurs in Old English poetry, of which it was a central component. In the Romantic era, it was once more given attention: the Romantics were generally interested in making poetry more musical, and in the ancient heritage of their native languages. Richard Wagner, for instance, used alliteration extensively in his operatic texts. (cf. Stabreim)
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"tetrameter" - it has 4 "iambs."
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Let me help you with the metre first: it is iambic, i.e. an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed one, as if you were saying "I AM, I AM".\nIt is a crossed rhyme you find in the 1st four verses of each stanza and then a paired rhyme, a couplet, in the 5th and 6th. \nIn stanza 1and 2 in vers 6 there is a deviation from the very regular metre; these lines start with a stressed syllable, making the beginning almost a trochee, perhaps in accordance with the sudden movement of "fluttering" and "tossing", whereas everything else is smooth and tranquil, almost pensive; thus the regular beat and the smoothness of the rhymes support the author's serene bliss.\n\nThe formatting in stanza 3 is slightly incorrect at least as far as the lay-out in your questions goes:\n"The waves beside them danced; but they\nOutdid the ..."
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For example, a square is inscribed if the square is inside a circle.  The four vertices of the square are touching the circle..\n\nThe square will be circumscribed if it will be outside the circle.  In this case the circle will be touching the square in four points on the sides.
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They have a keyboard with various "strokes."  Once entering the appropriate strokes for a symbol, it combines them into one.  I'm to understand it's a bit annoying to use.
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Preface\nIndex\nPronounciation
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Nosce te ipsum.\n\nNot quite so pithy in Latin.
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Asterisk.\n\nAnd don't give the points to Smiddy, he posted first but he modified his answer. :-)
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An idiom is an expression whose meaning is not compositional—that is, whose meaning does not follow from the meaning of the individual words of which it is composed. For example, the English phrase to kick the bucket means to die. A listener knowing the meaning of kick and bucket will not thereby be able to predict that the expression can mean to die. Idioms are often, though perhaps not universally, classified as figures of speech.
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I assume you mean "paraphrase." It means to repeat something in your own words, usually to clarify the meaning.
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5 lines or verses  \nlimericks, use a distinctive rhyming scheme of a-a-b-b-a in which the first, second, and fifth lines of each stanza rhyme as do the third and fourth lines. My poetic limericks also utilize the unique limerick meter.