iambus
Americannoun
plural
iambi, iambusesEtymology
Origin of iambus
1580–90; < Latin < Greek íambos
Example Sentences
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As has already been said, the iambus is the common foot of English verse.
From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)
In the fourth place, it may contain some other foot than the regular iambus.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
“And yēt,” is a complete iambus; but anyet is, like spirit, a dibrach u u, trocheized, however, by the arsis or first accent damping, though not extinguishing, the second.
From Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
The choriambus is a verse-foot consisting of a trochee united with and preceding an iambus, -∪∪-.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
Since both the iambus and the anapest are accented on the last syllable, they may be interchanged.
From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.
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