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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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
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
Robert darted to the door, and rushed to the inn, leaving Caumill describing iambi on the road behind him.
From Robert Falconer by George MacDonald
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
