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Iamb, iambus, or
iambic may
refer to: Look up
iamb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Iamb (poetry)
Choliamb Iambus (genre)
Iambic trimeter Iambic tetrameter...
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Iambic pentameter (/aɪˌæmbɪk pɛnˈtæmɪtər/ eye-AM-bik pen-TAM-it-ər) is a type of
metric line used in
traditional English poetry and
verse drama. The term...
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Iambic tetrameter is a
poetic meter in
ancient Gr**** and
Latin poetry; as the name of a rhythm,
iambic tetrameter consists of four metra, each
metron being...
- An
iamb (/ˈaɪæm/ EYE-am) or
iambus is a
metrical foot used in
various types of poetry.
Originally the term
referred to one of the feet of the quantitative...
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Iamb is a band from the
Central Coast of California.
While it
began as a solo
recording project by
frontman Ross Major,
Iamb now
performs with various...
- The
Iambic trimeter, in
classical Gr**** and
Latin poetry, is a
meter of
poetry consisting of
three iambic metra (each of two feet) per line. In English...
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reverse of an
iamb. Thus the
Latin word íbī "there",
because of its short-long rhythm, in
Latin metrical studies is
considered to be an
iamb, but
since it...
- three, or four
syllables in length. The most
common feet in
English are the
iamb, trochee, dactyl, and anapaest. The foot
might be
compared to a bar, or a...
- of 14 syllables,
which are
usually made of
seven iambic feet, for
which the
style is also
called iambic heptameter. It is most
commonly found in English...
- last foot, "to throw", is a true
iamb. The
final foot of the
second line "move slow" is
another spondee replacing an
iamb. John
Masefield also uses spondees...
