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Oh-- Iambic pentameter is iambic meter, with five "feet" of two syllables, hence penta--
The Manderly line has 6 feet. "To boldy go" starts off with two iambic feet and then goes astray, but then it surely wasn't meant to be in meter. I'm quite sure Daphne du Maurier knew exactly what she was doing when she composed that opening line.
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