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iambic

/ahy-am-bik/US // aɪˈæm bɪk //UK // (aɪˈæmbɪk) prosody //

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Prosody. pertaining to the iamb.consisting of or employing an iamb or iambs.
    • : Greek Literature. noting or pertaining to satirical poetry written in iambs.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Prosody. an iamb.Usually iambics. a verse or poem consisting of iambs.
    • : Greek Literature. a satirical poem in this meter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Max Fish and Snow are wed by more than their iambic assonance.

  • The lovers speak entirely in iambic pentameter, which works much better than it should.

  • The rhythm of the lines is marked, the effect upon the ear being quite like that of English iambic pentameters hypercatalectic.

  • There are four feet in each verse; so the poem is written in iambic tetrameter.

  • In this stanza the prevailing foot is iambic, but the first foot is trochaic.

  • It is contemplative and poised, and is frequently blended with other feet, especially with iambic, to express deliberation.

  • It will be noted that the dactyl is very closely related in expression to the trochee, and the anapest to the iambic.