"A horse! A horse! my kingdom for a horse!" why is this verse of Shakespeare an example of iambic pentameter?

"A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!" This line is an example of meter from Shakespeare's play, Richard the Third. There is a rhythm to this language when spoken. It is written in perfect iambic pentameter because it has five iambs.

It contains five metrical feet, each with an unstressed and then a stressed syllable. :)

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bevy means a large group or thing of a certain kind.

the answer is: tabard inn, southwark.

in "the canterbury tales," by geoffrey chaucer, the twenty-nine diverse group of pilgrims is staying at a tavern in southwark, london, as they are traveling to canterbury. they wish to visit the relics of saint thomas becket in canterbury   cathedral in order to him for his when they underwent necessities.