Do you hear a regular beat da-DUM, da-DUM? This rhythm is very common in poetry and it even has a name: it’s called iambic. Poets often choose to write in this rhythm. Rhythm can help to strengthen ...

It’s hard to think of a playwright on par with Shakespeare. Not only did the writer’s stories capture the cruel ironies of life, but he also wrote in a distinctive rhythm known as iambic pentameter.

Joseph Fiennes listens in on a Shakespeare class on Iambic Pentameter. Joseph Fiennes listens in on a Shakespeare session at a South London evening class. Bruce Wall has taught Shakespeare across the ...

If you paid any attention at all in high school English, you probably remember iambic pentameter, most likely from reading Shakespeare, and perhaps even other meters like trochaic tetrameter (the ...

PHILADEPHIA–There was another presidential debate going on last night and, as is usually the case at these events, one full block near the site here was filled with supporters waving signs and ...

Joseph Fiennes listens in on a Shakespeare session at a South London evening class. Bruce Wall has taught Shakespeare across the world. His students include city bankers, Broadway actors and several ...