iambus

The metre is dochmiac, each dochmius consisting of an iambus followed by a cretic, .

An Iambus is a two-syllable foot accented on the last syllable.

This may occur when the accent is upon the last syllable of the foot; that is, when the foot is an iambus or an anapest.

Antispast, an′ti-spast, n. in metre, a foot composed of an iambus and a trochee.

The foot consisting of an unaccented followed by an accented syllable is called an iambus.