iambus
Americannoun
plural
iambi, iambusesEtymology
Origin of iambus
1580–90; < Latin < Greek íambos
Example Sentences
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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
I`n e-x tre-ame de` sire And yet the first makes a iambus, and the second a trocheus ech sillable retayning still his former quantities.
From The Arte of English Poesie by Puttenham, George
There can be no very general agreement among readers as to the degree of accent necessary to change a pair of syllables from an "iambus" to a "pyrrhic" or a "spondee."
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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
"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)
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