iambus
Americannoun
plural
iambi, iambusesEtymology
Origin of iambus
1580–90; < Latin < Greek íambos
Example Sentences
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Since both the iambus and the anapest are accented on the last syllable, they may be interchanged.
From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.
"Home," by Margaret Mahon, is a poem in that rather popular modern measure which seems to waver betwixt the iambus and anapaest.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
In my translation I have used the iambus as the basic metrical unit throughout the entire poem.
From Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse by Cropley, Arthur
It will, no doubt, be considered ridiculous by the Fannii and Fanniae of our day to talk of varying the trochee with the iambus, or of resolving either into the tribrach.
From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley
Vengeance is the poet's trade, Come, iambus, to my aid 'Gainst the fools who scoff at me.
From Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics Second Series by Williams, James
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