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iamb
This term is primarily used in the technical study of prosody and poetry. It describes a specific rhythmic unit that mimics the natural cadence of spoken English, where a light beat is followed by a heavy beat. Because it mirrors the natural rise and fall of speech, it is the foundational building block of iambic pentameter, the standard meter for Shakespearean plays and English sonnets.
In a pedagogical context, it is often contrasted with the trochee, which is the exact inverse (a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one). While "iamb" refers to the single foot, the term "iambic" is used as the adjective to describe the overall meter or style of a poem.
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The teacher explained that an iamb is the most common foot in English poetry.
I need to identify every iamb in this stanza for my homework.
Shakespeare often wrote in iambic pentameter, which uses five iambs per line.
Does this line follow the pattern of an iamb or a trochee?
The rhythm feels natural because it mimics the structure of an iamb.
Wait, is the second syllable stressed here? That would make it an iamb.
The poet carefully placed each iamb to create a rising cadence.
An iamb consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one.
An iamb consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one.