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iambic Definition

iam·bic (ī ambik)

adjective

of or made up of iambs

Etymology: < Fr or L: Fr iambique < L iambicus < Gr iambikos

noun

  1. an iamb
  2. an iambic line of poetry

iambic Synonyms

iambic

n.

  1. Verse

    iambic pentameter, rhyme, versification; see poetry, verse 1.

  2. A poetic meter

    metrical foot, iambus, iamb; see foot 4, meter.

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.

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