iambus

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In Browning’s “Prospice,” the iambus predominates, and expresses heroic endurance and courage in meeting death; but the first foot—“Fear death”—is a spondee, and indicates the deliberative realization of the situation.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

By the elision of e in the, as is customary, the whole of the intended effect is lost; for th'unbend is nothing more than the usual iambus.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

Choliamb, kō′li-amb, n. a variety of iambic trimeter, having a trochee for an iambus as the sixth foot.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Trimeter iambus, consisting of six feet, which are generally all iambuses.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

This influence of the chief accent affects also combinations of two monosyllabic words which make an iambus, and combinations like ego illi, age ergo, in which the second syllable of the second word is elided.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George