Iambic pentameter
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Iambic pentameter has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Daily. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Emily WilsonClassicist and translator, the first woman to translate Homer's Odyssey into English
Wilson says she translated the Odyssey into traditional English meter because existing translations failed to activate the poem's rhythm and oral performance quality.
“it seemed to me that I needed to use traditional poetic form, the meter of Shakespeare and Milton, in order to activate for an English listener or English reader some elements of what did Homer sound like”
The Daily: What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything. (Jul 12, 2026) · Listen from 7:53
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- The Daily · 1 episode
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What’s Epic About the ‘Odyssey’? Everything.The Daily · Jul 12, 2026 · 51 min
Natalie Kitroeff talks with translator Emily Wilson and novelist Madeline Miller about the Odyssey ahead of Christopher Nolan's film adaptation.