iambic

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

Translation

n. a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, used in poetry

Example Sentences

a poem in iambic pentameter.

a line of iambic pentameter.

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

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