iambus

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The foot consisting of an unaccented followed by an accented syllable is called an iambus.

From Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by Painter, F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton)

His imagination is too bold to be confined by the petty limits of trochee or iambus.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

I`n e-x tre-ame de` sire And yet the first makes a iambus, and the second a trocheus ech sillable retayning still his former quantities.

From The Arte of English Poesie by Puttenham, George

Thus the three words marked above make a 'choriambus'—u u —, or perhaps a 'paeon primus'—u u u; a dactyl, by virtue of comic rapidity, being only equal to an iambus when distinctly pronounced.

From Literary Remains, Volume 2 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

This may occur when the accent is upon the last syllable of the foot; that is, when the foot is an iambus or an anapest.

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