Iambic pentameter He took ten steps.

Now, let's expand that to a sentencethat just happens to be in iambic pentameter.I am a pirate with a wooden leg.The pirate can only walk in iambs,a living reminder of Shakespeare's favorite meter.Iambic pentameter is when he takes ten steps.Our pirate friend can even help us remember how to properly mark itif we image the footprints he leaveswalking along a deserted island beach:A curve for unstressed syllables,and a shoe outline for stressed ones.If music be the food of love, play on.