iambus

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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

It is almost wholly destitute of quantity, and the intonation which supplies that want is of such a kind that hardly any foot but the iambus is possible in it.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

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

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

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

There are four regular feet in English verse, the iambus, the anapest, the trochee, and the dactyl.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.