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The metre is dochmiac, each dochmius consisting of an iambus followed by a cretic, .
THE MODES OF ANCIENT GREEK MUSICDAVID BINNING MONROAn Iambus is a two-syllable foot accented on the last syllable.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTERThis may occur when the accent is upon the last syllable of the foot; that is, when the foot is an iambus or an anapest.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTERAntispast, an′ti-spast, n. in metre, a foot composed of an iambus and a trochee.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 1 OF 4: A-D)VARIOUSThe foot consisting of an unaccented followed by an accented syllable is called an iambus.
ELEMENTARY GUIDE TO LITERARY CRITICISMF. V. N. PAINTERThe daintiest alternation of iambus and trochee is joined to the serpent's cunning in swiftly tripping dactyls.
SHANDYGAFFCHRISTOPHER MORLEYThe choriambus is a verse-foot consisting of a trochee united with and preceding an iambus, -∪∪-.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 6, SLICE 3VARIOUSThe choriambi are never used alone, but are usually preceded by a spondee and followed by an iambus.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 6, SLICE 3VARIOUSFrom the name Iambi came the measure Ιαμβος, Iambus, in which oracles were of old delivered.
A NEW SYSTEM; OR, AN ANALYSIS OF ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY. VOLUME I.JACOB BRYANTThe trochee and the dactyl are interchangeable; and the iambus and the anapest are interchangeable.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTERWORDS RELATED TO IAMBUS
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