iambic pentameter (the iambic five-foot linę) is the most common verse in English poetry,
• other verse patterns: heroic couplet (aa, bb, cc) - iambic pentameters rhyming in pairs; blank verse/ heroic verse - unrhymed iambic pentameter; used in most Elizabethan dramas, including Shakespeare’s tragedies; free verse - typical form of modern poetry; no regular stanza and metric pattern.