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').
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The poetry handbook: a guide to reading poetry for pleasure and practical criticism
2005, Oxford University Press
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The Poetry Handbook: A Guide to Reading Poetry for Pleasure and Practical Criticism
January 2, 1997, Oxford University Press, USA
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1996, Oxford University Press
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