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Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May

How many iambs are found in this line from “Sonnet 18”?

Five, because an iamb is a stressed syllable that is emphasized.
Five, because an iamb is an unstressed syllable and a stressed syllable.
Nine, because an iamb is the number of words found within a line of poetry.
Ten, because an iamb is a count of the individual syllables in a poetic line.

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Five, because an iamb is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

The line is in iambic pentameter (five iambs). Scanned roughly:
rough WINDS | do SHAKE | the DAR | ling BUDS | of MAY (unstressed–stressed ×5).