iambus

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It has also been proposed to make the third foot a spondee or an iambus, and the remaining feet anapaests, thus: 'Full-sailed | wide-winged | poised soft- | ly forev- | er asway.'

From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss

Since both the iambus and the anapest are accented on the last syllable, they may be interchanged.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

There can be no very general agreement among readers as to the degree of accent necessary to change a pair of syllables from an "iambus" to a "pyrrhic" or a "spondee."

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

There are four regular feet in English verse, the iambus, the anapest, the trochee, and the dactyl.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

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.