iambus
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An Iambus is a two-syllable foot accented on the last syllable.
From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)
In the Latin comic writers, Plautus and Terence, great freedom is permitted, and the various equivalents of the Iambus, viz. the Dactyl, Anapaest, Spondee, Tribrach, Proceleusmatic, are freely admitted in any foot except the last.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
This raillery was so ancient and inveterate a custom, that it had given rise to a peculiar word, which originally denoted nothing but the jests and banter used at these festivals, namely, Iambus.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch
An Iambus has the first syllable unaccented, and the last accented; as, Bĕtrāy, consíst: Thĕ sēas shăll wāste, thĕ skīes ĭn smōke dĕcāy.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
In other words the two feet correspond to the schemes U_U-U_ and U-U-U-, where a Spondee can take the place of the Anapaest after or before the Iambus respectively.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
