Ahorse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
- william shakespeare, king richard iii, act v, scene iv
why is this verse an example of iambic pentameter?
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a. the verse is 10 syllables long with an unstressed syllable at the
beginning and end.
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b. it contains five metrical feet, each with an unstressed and then a
stressed syllable.
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c. it is a line from shakespeare, and his plays contain verse written

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Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.