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Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines

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

four
five
eight
ten

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Five.

The line is in iambic pentameter (five iambs, ten syllables). Scanned roughly as:
some-TIME | too-HOT | the-EYE | of-HEAV | en-SHINES.