"The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English……" — James Fenton

The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius… - James Fenton
"The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a series of identically measured lines. It sounds like a series of subtle variations on the same theme."

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