Ahorse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! william shakespeare, king richard iii, act v, scene iv why is this verse an example of iambic pentameter? a. it contains five metrical feet, each following a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. b. the verse forms a pattern of an unstressed syllable immediately followed by a stressed syllable. c. it is a line from shakespeare, and his plays contain verse written only in iambic pentameter. d. the verse is 10 syllables long with an unstressed syllable at the beginning and end.

D is wrong. The last word is horse and it is stressed. It emphasizes the poetic plea of Richard.

C his plays are not rigidly iambic pentameter. It would sound like a nursery rhyme if that were true.

B is not the answer. What B describes is a Troche foot. This definitely Iambic.

A is the answer. The accents fall on Horse horse king for (to stress for is very unusual. Usually it would be unstressed) horse.

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he has become more humble and patient in battle.