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nouna verse line consisting of iambstype of:
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"iambic pentameter"adjectiveof or consisting of iambs
Definition that contains iambic
- 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
- common measure the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
- shakespearean sonnet a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
- elegiac stanza a quatrain in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme
- heroic meter a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
- elizabethan sonnet a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
- heroic verse a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
- spenserian sonnet a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee
- blank verse unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)