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Iambic pentameter (/aɪˌæmbɪk pɛnˈtæmɪtər/ eye-AM-bik pen-TAM-it-ər) is a type of
metric line used in
traditional English poetry and
verse drama. The term...
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Iamb, iambus, or
iambic may
refer to: Look up
iamb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Iamb (poetry)
Choliamb Iambus (genre), or
iambic poetry Iambic...
- An
iamb (/ˈaɪæm/ EYE-am) or
iambus is a
metrical foot used in
various types of poetry.
Originally the term
referred to one of the feet of the quantitative...
- The
Iambic trimeter, in
classical Gr**** and
Latin poetry, is a
meter of
poetry consisting of
three iambic metra (each of two feet) per line. In English...
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metron being of the form | x – u – |,
consisting of a
spondee and an
iamb, or two
iambs.
There usually is a
break in the
centre of the line, thus the whole...
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Iambus or
iambic poetry was a
genre of
ancient Gr****
poetry that
included but was not
restricted to the
iambic meter and
whose origins modern scholars...
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marked by
placing the
stress mark ⟨ˈ⟩
before the
stressed syllable.
Iambic shortening or
brevis brevians is
vowel shortening that
occurs in
words of...
- of 14 syllables,
which are
usually made of
seven iambic feet, for
which the
style is also
called iambic heptameter. It is most
commonly found in English...
- three, or four
syllables in length. The most
common feet in
English are the
iamb, trochee, dactyl, and anapaest. The foot
might be
compared to a bar, or a...
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contains nine
lines in total:
eight lines in
iambic pentameter followed by a
single 'alexandrine' line in
iambic hexameter. The
rhyme scheme of
these lines...
