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iamb

noun as in iambic pentameter

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The group seems a sort of combination of the iamb and trochee, and has an element in every possible zone of the movement cycle.

The group seems an iamb with a duplicated unaccented syllable.

Occasionally, however, and especially in the longer poems, the regular recurrence of the iamb is a little monotonous.

Some, however, refer it to the supposed lop-sidedness or inequality of badgers' feet, answering to the ⏑— of the iamb.

They are both within the zone of the unaccented syllable of the iamb.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to iamb, such as: blank verse, dactylic hexameter, and iambus.

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