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Synonyms for iamb
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ahy-am, ahy-amb |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪ æm, ˈaɪ æmb |
Définition of iamb
Origin :- 1842, from French iambe (16c.), from Latin iambus, from Greek iambos (see iambic). Iambus itself was used in English in this sense in 1580s.
- As in iambic pentameter : noun a meter in poetry
- They are both within the zone of the unaccented syllable of the iamb.
- Extract from : « Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 » by Various
- Some, however, refer it to the supposed lop-sidedness or inequality of badgers' feet, answering to the ⏑— of the iamb.
- Extract from : « Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol III » by John Cleveland
- Occasionally, however, and especially in the longer poems, the regular recurrence of the iamb is a little monotonous.
- Extract from : « Studies of Contemporary Poets » by Mary C. Sturgeon
- The group seems a sort of combination of the iamb and trochee, and has an element in every possible zone of the movement cycle.
- Extract from : « Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 » by Various
- The group seems an iamb with a duplicated unaccented syllable.
- Extract from : « Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 » by Various
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