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• Iambic pentameter — is a type of meter that is used in poetry and drama. It describes a particular rhythm that the words establish in each line. That rhythm is measured in small groups of syllables; these small groups of syllables are called feet . The word iambic… …   Wikipedia

• Iambic — I*am bic, n. 1. (Pros.) (a) An iambic foot; an iambus. (b) A verse composed of iambic feet. [1913 Webster] Note: The following couplet consists of iambic verses. [1913 Webster] Thy gen | ius calls | thee not | to pur | chase fame In keen | iam |… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Iambic — I*am bic, a. [L. iambicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. iambique.] 1. (Pros.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or composed of,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• iambic pentameter — noun A verse form comprising lines each of five feet, each foot containing two syllables, used in blank or heroic verse in English • • • Main Entry: ↑iambus iambic pentameter see under ↑iambus • • • Main Entry: ↑pentameter * * * iambic pentameter …   Useful english dictionary

• foot — /foot/, n., pl. feet for 1 4, 8 11, 16, 19, 21; foots for 20; v. n. 1. (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves. 2. (in invertebrates) any part similar in position or function. 3.… …   Universalium

• iambic — 1570s (n.); 1580s (adj.), from L. iambicus, from Gk. iambikos, from iambos metrical foot of one unaccented followed by one accented syllable, from iaptein to assail (in words), lit. to put forth. The meter of invective and lampoon in classical… …   Etymology dictionary

• foot — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent, accentuation, add, amble, ambulate, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, ankle, antispast, arch, arsis, bacchius, ball the jack, barge, barrel, base, baseboard, basement, beat, boltrope,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• iambic — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, antispastic, arsis, bacchius, beat, cadence, cadenced, caesura, catalexis, chloriamb, chloriambus, colon, counterpoint, cretic,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• iambic — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Verse] Syn. iambic pentameter, rhyme, versification; see poetry , verse 1 . 2. [A poetic meter] Syn. metrical foot, iambus, iamb; see foot 4 , meter …   English dictionary for students

• iambic — i·am·bic || aɪ æmbɪk n. (Poetry) iambus, foot consisting of two syllables (the first syllable is long and the second short or the first syllable is stressed and the second unstressed); verse composed of iambic feet adj. of or pertaining to… …   English contemporary dictionary

• reversed foot — noun : a foot in which the prevailing cadence of a metrical series or of an adjacent foot is reversed or inverted by exchanging the positions of stressed and unstressed or long and short elements a trochee in an iambic series is a reversed foot… …   Useful english dictionary