iambic Definition
iam·bic (ī am′bik)
adjective
of or made up of iambs
Etymology: < Fr or L: Fr iambique < L iambicus < Gr iambikos
noun
- an iamb
- an iambic line of poetry
iambic Synonyms
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iambic Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- pentameter: All the dialog, which Potter wrote, is in rhyming iambic pentameter, apart from a few direct declarations with eight syllables.
- tetrameter: The poem was written in memory of his friend Arthur Hallam and consists of 132 separate poems - all written in iambic tetrameter.
- trimeter: An example of an iambic trimeter is The only news I know by Emily Dickinson.
- meter: The poem has a clear formal structure, in three line stanzas with a loose iambic meter.
- verse: The house names had to fit into iambic verse, for the Sorting Hat's song, but still end up sounding vaguely Greek.
- foot: Of course, iambic feet are found in 2 Pet, and by my estimate an iambic foot ends a sentence four times 28.
Modifying Another Word
- commonly: Help - Rhyme forms Terza rima stanza Three line stanza, commonly iambic pentameter.
- loosely: The poem is set out in stanzas of regular length and a loosely iambic meter.
- basically: The meter is basically iambic pentameter with variations, and incorporating a number of breaks within the line ( caesura ).
- usually: The lines are usually iambic pentameters rhyming according to a fixed pattern.

