iambic

[US]/aɪ'æmbɪk/
[UK]/aɪ'æmbɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en metrisk fod bestående af en kort (eller ubetonet) stavelse efterfulgt af en lang (eller betonet) stavelse, anvendt i poesi.
Word Forms
Pluraliambics

Example Sentences

a poem in iambic pentameter.

et digt i jambisk pentameter.

a line of iambic pentameter.

en linje i jambisk pentameter.

a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter.

en versform der er velegnet til behandling af heroiske eller ophøjede temaer; daktylisk hexameter eller jambisk pentameter.

Of the kinds of words we have enumerated it may be observed that compounds are most in place in the dithyramb, strange words in heroic, and metaphors in iambic poetry.

Af de typer ord, vi har opremset, kan det bemærkes, at sammensætninger er bedst placeret i dithyramb, mærkelige ord i heroiske og metaforer i jambisk poesi.

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