Look up: iamb

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   Iamb
   A foot consisting of two syllables where the first is short or unstressed and the second is long or stressed e.g. as in 'beSIDE'.
   Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of
   
   
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   iamb
   [n] - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Iamb
   I'amb noun [ Confer French iambe . See Lambus .] An iambus or iambic. [ R.]
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/1
   
   
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   iamb
   iambus noun a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
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   Iamb
   An `iamb` or `iambus` is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry. Originally the term referred to one of the feet of the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in i-amb). This terminology was adopted in the description of accentual-syllabic verse in English, where it refers to a foot comprising an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (as in a-bove).
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iamb
   
   
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   Iamb
   • (n.) An iambus or iambic.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
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   iamb
   metrical foot consisting of one short syllable (as in classical verse) or one unstressed syllable (as in English verse) followed by one long or ... [7 related articles]
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/1
   
   
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   iamb
   a metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one. This is the rhythm of ordinary English speech. Examples of iambic words are 'divide' and 'deter.' Gerard Manley Hopkins' 'The Windhover' begins deceptively with a line that appears to have five iambic feet, 'I caught this morning morning's minion, king-', but that sca...
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   iamb
   In poetry: one unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.
   Found on http://www.menrath-online.de/glossaryeng