Question

How does the rhythm of iambic pentameter contribute to the meaning of Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 100”? Select two options.

Answer 1

The stresses highlight important words and concepts.

The regular rhythm intensifies the emotional impact.

Answer 2

Iambic pentameter is a metric parameter that defines rhythm and the emphasis of syllables in a line of a poem. Iambic is a beat with a combination of one unstressed syllable with one stressed syllable. While pentameter is a rhythm composition of five metrics. So Iambic pentameter has a line of five non-stressed-stressed syllables.

Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 100” has fourteen-line in Iambic pentameter which the emphasis contributes to highlight the important words and the rhythm intensifies the emotional impact, which are in these two options:

The stresses highlight important words and concepts.

The regular rhythm intensifies the emotional impact.