This is analysed as five feet, each foot consisting of an unstressed beat following by a stressed beat; I have a separated the feet with a vertical slash: When I I do COUNT I the CLOCK I that TELLS I the TIME This kind of foot is called an iamb (pronounced e-AMB) and there are five of them, so the line is an iambic pentameter (from the Greek word [pente], meaning 'five').
An edition of The poetry handbook
(1996)
The poetry handbook
a guide to reading poetry for pleasure and practical criticism
2nd ed.
by John Lennard
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The poetry handbook: a guide to reading poetry for pleasure and practical criticism
2005, Oxford University Press
in English
- 2nd ed.
0199265380 9780199265381
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The Poetry Handbook: A Guide to Reading Poetry for Pleasure and Practical Criticism
January 2, 1997, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
0198711549 9780198711544
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The poetry handbook: a guide to reading poetry for pleasure and practical criticism
1996, Oxford University Press
in English
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