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iamb
noun as in iambic pentameter
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The group seems a sort of combination of the iamb and trochee, and has an element in every possible zone of the movement cycle.
The group seems an iamb with a duplicated unaccented syllable.
Occasionally, however, and especially in the longer poems, the regular recurrence of the iamb is a little monotonous.
Some, however, refer it to the supposed lop-sidedness or inequality of badgers' feet, answering to the ⏑— of the iamb.
They are both within the zone of the unaccented syllable of the iamb.
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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to iamb, such as: blank verse, dactylic hexameter, and iambus.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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