iambus

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By rapid utterance two syllables are often equal to one, and in this way an anapest is frequently used with the time value of an iambus.

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

By the elision of e in the, as is customary, the whole of the intended effect is lost; for th'unbend is nothing more than the usual iambus.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

Never take an iambus for a Christian name.

From The Art of Letters by Lynd, Robert

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.

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