a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
a foot (a section of a line) that has two syllables, the first unaccented and the second accented
a metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable and an accented one (see rhythm )
a metrical foot consisting of two syllables
a metrical foot used in formal poetry
a metric foot that consists of a short syllable followed by a long one
a pair of syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed
a poetic foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
a poetic foot consisting of one unstressed and one stressed syllable, as in the phrase "the world
a specific type of foot which places the accent on the second syllable
a unit of alternating weak/STRONG emphasis in poetry, referred to as a foot
a unit of rhythm consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
A metrical foot of two syllables, one short (or unstressed) and one long (or stressed). There are four iambs in the line "Come live/ with me/ and be/ my love," from a poem by Christopher Marlowe. (The stressed syllables are in bold.) The iamb is the reverse of the trochee.
A metrical foot of two syllables. The first syllable is unstress, the second is stressed. Examples: above, invent, ahead, a lot.
An iamb or iambus is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry. Originally the term referred to one of the feet of the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in i-amb). This terminology was adopted in the description of accentual-syllabic verse in English, where it refers to a foot comprising an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (as in a-bove).