iambus

Vengeance is the poet's trade, Come, iambus, to my aid 'Gainst the fools who scoff at me.

From Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics Second Series by Williams, James

As has already been said, the iambus is the common foot of English verse.

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)

It has also been proposed to make the third foot a spondee or an iambus, and the remaining feet anapaests, thus: 'Full-sailed | wide-winged | poised soft- | ly forev- | er asway.'

From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss

In the fourth place, it may contain some other foot than the regular iambus.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

There can be no very general agreement among readers as to the degree of accent necessary to change a pair of syllables from an "iambus" to a "pyrrhic" or a "spondee."

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

Robert darted to the door, and rushed to the inn, leaving Caumill describing iambi on the road behind him.

From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George

Note the iambi in the Shelley stanza, line 1, second foot, and line 5, first foot.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

These specimens, as is usual in anapestic verse, show considerable freedom in the treatment of the part of the foot containing the light syllables, substituted iambi being very common.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

Here the tendency is to use iambi and anapests in alternate feet; see especially lines 2, 3, and 5.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

Here frequent iambi are substituted for anapests; as in line 1, second and fourth feet; lines 2 and 3, fifth foot; line 5, third foot.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

It does not have to consist of five iambuses only, but other feet may be substituted almost at the caprice of the poet.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert

It was not by chance that the line of five iambuses became the dominant metre of our language.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)

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

But the tendency of the Alexandrine consisting merely of the usual iambuses, is to convey slowness—although it conveys this idea feebly, on account of conveying it indirectly.

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

Thus we have learned to scan lines by iambuses, or rather by their accentual imitations, and a perfect line would consist of ten syllables, of which the alternate ones bore a rhythmical stress.

From The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising by Clark, William George