Iambic
Iambic describes a metrical pattern made of iambs, repeating units of two syllables in which the first is unstressed and the second is stressed. Poets use iambic rhythm to shape lines with a natural rising beat, as in iambic pentameter.
Example
behold the moonlight on the silent hill
and feel the road grow still beneath your step
hello, avoid, the rush
Related Definitions
[n] a verse line consisting of iambs
[adj] (prosody) of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter"
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Related Terms
accent, accentuation, Alexandrine, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, antispastic, arsis, bacchius, beat, cadence, cadenced, caesura, catalexis, chloriamb, chloriambus, colon, counterpoint, cretic, dactyl, dactylic, dactylic hexameter,