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iamb

[ahy-am, ahy-amb] / ˈaɪ æm, ˈaɪ æmb /
NOUN
iambic pentameter
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All I can say is, iamb happy to have been there for it.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022

That’s the spirit of the terrible, wonderful “Desperate Measures”: Have iamb, will travel.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2017

Standing at the front of the book, that final iamb, so exquisitely delayed, serves as an introduction to a style that puts profound weight on individual words.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2013

Clearly and spend- is an iamb, but Getting is not.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

Is the imperial iamb laid to rest, And the young trochee, having done enough?

From The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke by Brooke, Rupert




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