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Definitions of iamb
  1. noun
    a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables

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  • heroic a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
  • alexandrine (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
  • iambic a verse line consisting of iambs
  • iambic of or consisting of iambs
  • english sonnet a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
  • spenserian stanza a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c
  • common meter the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
  • heroic couplet a couplet consisting of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter and written in an elevated style
  • rhyme royal a stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter; introduced by Chaucer
  • elegiac stanza a quatrain in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme
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