Synonyms for iambus

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ahy-am-buh s

Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈæm bəs

Définition of iambus

As in iambic pentameter : noun a meter in poetry

Example sentences :

As has already been said, the iambus is the common foot of English verse.
Extract from : « English: Composition and Literature » by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

The second pda of this stanza is wanting an iambus in its middle part.
Extract from : « The Gtakaml » by rya Sra

In place of the Iambus, a Tribrach ( ) may stand in any foot but the last.
Extract from : « New Latin Grammar » by Charles E. Bennett

Such a foot is called an iambus (plural, iambuses, or the Latin iambi), and the form of verse is called iambic.
Extract from : « Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet » by William Shakespeare

He could make Greek iambics, and doubted whether the bishop knew the difference between an iambus and a trochee.
Extract from : « The Last Chronicle of Barset » by Anthony Trollope

Antispast, an′ti-spast, n. in metre, a foot composed of an iambus and a trochee.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various

In the iambic and trochaic metres other feet are often substituted for the iambus and the trochee, but without change of rhythm.
Extract from : « A History of Roman Literature » by Harold North Fowler

The foot consisting of an unaccented followed by an accented syllable is called an iambus.
Extract from : « Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism » by F. V. N. Painter

The metre is dochmiac, each dochmius consisting of an iambus followed by a cretic, .
Extract from : « The Modes of Ancient Greek Music » by David Binning Monro

An Iambus is a two-syllable foot accented on the last syllable.
Extract from : « English: Composition and Literature » by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

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