Iambic pentameter is a type of meter pattern which contains the number of syllables and emphasis on the same, in a line of verse. It consists of the short syllable followed by the long or stressed syllable. Great examples of the iambic pentameter are the works of Shakespeare.
'Penta' refers to five and 'meter' refers to measure. Therefore, it is foot or beat which have 10 syllables in each line or five iambs in each line.
Therefore, statements which are true about iambic pentameter are:
A) An iamb consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
B) A line of iambic pentameter contains five iambs, or ten syllables.
E) Shakespeare uses iambic pentameter in his sonnets.
