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Word | Iamb |
a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables / An iambus or iambic. / a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable., | |
Usage | ⇒ Thus in the last stanza quoted, after the surge of anapaests in the first two lines, spondees, dactyls, and iambs begin to appear. |
Synonyms | iambus, iambic, foot, dactyl, metrical foot, accent, anapest, beat, cadence, caesura, colon, counterpoint, diaeresis, emphasis, iambic pentameter, ictus, jingle, lilt, measure, meter, |
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