iambus

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As has already been said, the iambus is the common foot of English verse.

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)

Pherecratian, consisting of three feet, a trochee, spondee, or iambus in the first place, followed by a dactyl and spondee.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

For the sake of convenience the accented syllables are indicated thus: _, and the unaccented syllables thus: U. An iambus is a foot consisting of two syllables with the accent on the last.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

Trimeter iambus, consisting of six feet, which are generally all iambuses.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

In a lonely hollow walk, overgrown with sting-nettles he scanned the deadly verses on his fingers, until the murderous iambus flowed evenly upon its four feet without a halting choliambus.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von