Iamb (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Prosody.
  1. a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
noun plural iambs, iambi (aɪˈæmbaɪ) or iambuses prosody
  1. a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one (◡ –)
  2. a line of verse of such feet
Iamb (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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