iambus
noun
iamb.
iambuses
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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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But the tendency of the Alexandrine consisting merely of the usual iambuses, is to convey slowness—although it conveys this idea feebly, on account of conveying it indirectly.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
Trimeter iambus, consisting of six feet, which are generally all iambuses.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
It was not by chance that the line of five iambuses became the dominant metre of our language.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
It does not have to consist of five iambuses only, but other feet may be substituted almost at the caprice of the poet.
From The Literature of Ecstasy by Albert Mordell
Thus we have learned to scan lines by iambuses, or rather by their accentual imitations, and a perfect line would consist of ten syllables, of which the alternate ones bore a rhythmical stress.
From The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising by William George Clark
