Home›Browse›I›iambic pentameteriambic pentameterOur editors are putting together more complete content — check back in about 20 minutesiambic pentameteriambic pentameter — nounnoun1. a poetic meter with five iambs per line (da-DUM pattern)1.nounDefinitiona poetic meter with five iambs per line (da-DUM pattern)ExampleShakespeare wrote many of his sonnets in iambic pentameter.