iambus
noun
iamb.
iambi
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pluralof iambus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Here frequent iambi are substituted for anapests; as in line 1, second and fourth feet; lines 2 and 3, fifth foot; line 5, third foot.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
Here the tendency is to use iambi and anapests in alternate feet; see especially lines 2, 3, and 5.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
Certainly those sun-burnt "doughboys" were not bothering themselves about trochees and iambi and such toys of cultivated "literary" persons; they were amusing themselves on the march by inventing words to fit the "goose-step."
From A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry
Note the iambi in the Shelley stanza, line 1, second foot, and line 5, first foot.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
Bibaculus wrote poems against the monarchical party; these are referred to as iambi by Quintilian, x.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by George Middleton
