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Metrical foot
An iamb (/ˈaɪæm/ EYE-am) or iambus is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry. Originally the term referred to one of the feet of the quantitative
Iamb_(poetry)
Metric line consisting of five iambic feet
Iambic pentameter (/aɪˌæmbɪk pɛnˈtæmɪtər/ eye-AM-bik pen-TAM-it-ər) is a type of metric line used in traditional English poetry and verse drama. The term
Iambic_pentameter
Topics referred to by the same term
trimeter Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic hexameter, or the alexandrine Iambic heptameter, or the fourteener Iamb (band) Iambic key/keyer Iambic Productions
Iamb
Meter of poetry
The Iambic trimeter, in classical Greek and Latin poetry, is a meter of poetry consisting of three iambic metra (each of two feet) per line. In English
Iambic_trimeter
Line consisting of four iambic feet
and Latin, a line of iambic tetrameter consists of four metra two feet in length, consisting of a spondee and an iamb, or two iambs: | x – u – |. There
Iambic_tetrameter
Metrical foot
reverse of an iamb. Thus the Latin word íbī, 'there', because of its short-long rhythm, in Latin metrical studies is considered to be an iamb, but since
Trochee
Basic repeating rhythmic unit in a line of poetry
three, or four syllables in length. The most common feet in English are the iamb, trochee, dactyl, and anapaest. The foot might be compared to a bar, or a
Metrical_foot
Iamb is a band from the Central Coast of California. While it began as a solo recording project by frontman Ross Major, Iamb now performs with various
Iamb_(band)
U.S. development fund post invasion of Iraq
International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) was created in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003). IAMB is an independent oversight body for
Development_Fund_for_Iraq
Metrical line of verses consisting of six feet
in English, where the standard metre is iambic pentameter, English poems have frequently been written in iambic hexameter. There are numerous examples
Hexameter
Basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse
qualitative metre, with stressed syllables coming at regular intervals (e.g. in iambic pentameters, usually every even-numbered syllable). Many Romance languages
Metre_(poetry)
Genre of ancient Greek poetry
Iambus, or iambic poetry, was a genre of ancient Greek poetry that included but was not restricted to the iambic meter and whose origins modern scholars
Iambus_(genre)
Metrical foot with two long (or accented) syllables
last foot, "to throw", is a true iamb. The final foot of the second line "move slow" is another spondee replacing an iamb. John Masefield also uses spondees
Spondee
Television company
Iambic Productions Limited is an independent television production company specializing in the fields of music, arts and drama founded by producer Chris
Iambic_Productions
Poetic device; use of an alien metric foot
instance in an iambic line of "da DUM", a trochaic substitution would introduce a foot of "DUM da". In a line of verse that normally employs iambic meter, trochaic
Substitution_(poetry)
2003–2004 transitional US-led government of Iraq
needed] The IAMB had serious concerns over the CPA's lack of transparency and lack of adequate financial controls, which were never resolved. The IAMB still
Coalition Provisional Authority
Coalition_Provisional_Authority
Metrical foot
substitutions in iambic verse. In strict iambic pentameter, anapaests are rare, but they are found with some frequency in freer versions of the iambic line, such
Anapaest
Ode by Thomas Gray
ABABCCDEED rhyme sceme, with the B lines and final D line in iambic trimeter and the others in iambic tetrameter. In this poem, Gray coined the phrase "Ignorance
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
Ode_on_a_Distant_Prospect_of_Eton_College
resolution 1483. the CPA was obliged to cooperate with the oversight of the IAMB. The IAMB was composed of senior representatives from the United Nations, the
International Advisory and Monitoring Board
International_Advisory_and_Monitoring_Board
Study of Latin poetic laws of metre
enabling a strict iambic rhythm. Other lengths of iambic lines are found in Roman comedy, such as iambic octonarius (16 elements) and the iambic quaternarius
Latin_prosody
Ancient Greek poet
6th century BCE), of Ephesus and later Clazomenae, was an Ancient Greek iambic poet who composed verses depicting the vulgar side of life in Ionian society
Hipponax
Poetic line consisting of 14 syllables
of 14 syllables, which are usually made of seven iambic feet, for which the style is also called iambic heptameter. It is most commonly found in English
Fourteener_(poetry)
long-short-short-long (— ‿ ‿ —), that is, a trochee alternating with an iamb. Choriambs are one of the two basic metra that do not occur in spoken verse
Choriamb
Play by Jean Racine
published an English translation of the play by Geoffrey Alan Argent in iambic pentameter couplets. A translation in Alexandrines was made, as for all
Bajazet_(play)
Collection of poems by Horace
Epodes (Latin: Epodi or Epodon liber; also called Iambi) are a collection of iambic poems written by the Roman poet Horace. They were published in 30 BC and
Epodes_(Horace)
1842 poem by Robert Browning
Browning's Dramatic Lyrics. The poem is composed in 28 rhyming couplets of iambic pentameter (heroic couplet). In the first edition of Dramatic Lyrics, the
My_Last_Duchess
Poetic meter of four metrical feet
blurt this berserk and bizarre shit that works" (Eminem, "The Way I Am") Iambic tetrameter: "Because I could not stop for Death" (Emily Dickinson, eponymous
Tetrameter
Metrical foot
any line mixing iambs and trochees could employ a cretic foot as a transition. In other words, a poetic line might have two iambs and two trochees,
Cretic
Metrical foot
that the previous lines in the stanza are constructed predominantly in iambic heptameter – a common form for ballad stanza – it is more likely that the
Molossus_(poetry)
Poetic line of four trochaic feet
Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic
Trochaic_tetrameter
Poetic meter with eight trochaic metrical feet per line
Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic
Trochaic_octameter
Metres used in Plautus and Terence
common are iambic senarii and trochaic septenarii. As far as is known, iambic senarii were spoken without music; trochaic septenarii (and also iambic septenarii
Metres_of_Roman_comedy
Verse form created by Edmund Spenser
contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single 'alexandrine' line in iambic hexameter. The rhyme scheme of these lines
Spenserian_stanza
Representation of poetic meter
marking stress is not the same as marking meter. A perfectly regular line of iambic pentameter may have anywhere from 2 to 9 stresses, but it is still felt
Scansion
American diplomat (born 1941)
in a final press release before the CPA's authority expired, the IAMB stated: The IAMB was also informed by the CPA that contrary to earlier representations
Paul_Bremer
Line of poetic meter comprising 12 syllables
vers libre. In English verse, "alexandrine" is typically used to mean "iambic hexameter": × / × / × / ¦ × / × / × / (×) /=ictus, a strong syllabic position;
Alexandrine
Golden line Iambic meter: any meter based on the iamb as its primary rhythmic unit. Alexandrine (iambic hexameter): a 12-syllable iambic line adapted
Glossary_of_poetry_terms
Ancient Roman play by Terence
are as follows: iambic senarii (ia6): 54% (this metre was unaccompanied) trochaic septenarii (tr7): 20% iambic octonarii (ia8): 14% iambic septenarii (ia7):
Eunuchus
Poetic play by George MacDonald
is written mostly in unrhymed iambic pentameter, although portions are written in rhymed iambic pentameter, mixed iambic and anapestic tetrameter, and
Within_and_Without
Theory and practice of versification
the last foot of the line is always an iamb: | .... u – |. As an example of the comic version of the iambic trimeter, here are the opening lines of Aristophanes'
Greek_prosody
Electrical switch used to transmit text messages in Morse code
being "iambic", although this is commonly done in marketing. A dual paddle key is required for iambic sending, which also requires an iambic keyer. But
Telegraph_key
Feature of Latin and Greek poetic metre
dactylic hexameters and iambic trimeters. It can also be found in the centre of a line in some metres, before a dieresis (e.g. in the iambic octonarius). However
Brevis_in_longo
is marked by placing the stress mark ⟨ˈ⟩ before the stressed syllable. Iambic shortening or brevis brevians is vowel shortening that occurs in words of
Latin phonology and orthography
Latin_phonology_and_orthography
Poetic metre of five feet
1300s. The most common foot is the iamb, resulting in iambic pentameter. Most English sonnets are written in iambic pentameter. It is also the meter used
Pentameter
Ancient Roman play by Terence
lines the proportions are as follows: iambic senarii: 54% (this metre was unaccompanied) In this play, iambic senarii are used for setting the scene
Heauton_Timorumenos
Scottish novelist (1771–1832)
of Marmion is less striking than that of The Lay, with the epistles in iambic tetrameters and the narrative in tetrameters with frequent trimeters. The
Walter_Scott
Form of literature
for example. Thus, "iambic pentameter" is a meter comprising five feet per line, in which the predominant kind of foot is the "iamb". This metric system
Poetry
Metrical foot
amphibrachic line, in both Russian and English, is to end the line with an iamb, as Thomas Hardy does in "The Ruined Maid" (1901): "Oh did n't / you know
Amphibrach
1915 poem by Robert Frost
The meter is iambic tetrameter, with each line having four two-syllable feet, though in almost every line, in different positions, an iamb is replaced
The_Road_Not_Taken
Type of poetic metre
consisting of four lines that alternate between iambic tetrameter (four metrical feet per line) and iambic trimeter (three metrical feet per line), with
Common_metre
Ancient Greek lyric poet (c. 680 – c. 645 BC)
(/ɑːrˈkɪləkəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀρχίλοχος Arkhílokhos; c. 680 – c. 645 BC) was an iambic poet of the Archaic period from the island of Paros. He is celebrated for
Archilochus
Rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter
epic and narrative poetry, and consisting of a rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter. Use of the heroic couplet was pioneered by Geoffrey Chaucer
Heroic_couplet
Topics referred to by the same term
nickname of Tamworth Football Club All pages with titles beginning with Lamb Iamb (disambiguation) Lamb of God (disambiguation) Lahm, a surname Lam (disambiguation)
Lamb
Comedy by Aristophanes
substitutions such as a tribrach (...) for an iamb (.-). Elements Lines Metres Summary Comments Prologue 1–229 iambic trimeter Dialogue setting the scene. conventional
The_Wasps
Aria from W. A. Mozart's opera The Magic Flute
of a quatrain in iambic pentameter (unusual for this opera which is mostly in iambic tetrameter), followed by a quatrain in iambic trimeter, then a final
Queen_of_the_Night_aria
1720s translation by Alexander Pope
the Homeric Greek text into heroic couplets, rhyming pairs of lines in iambic pentameter. Pope was influenced by the Homeric Greek Odyssey, earlier translations
Odyssey (Alexander Pope translation)
Odyssey_(Alexander_Pope_translation)
Verse of the classic meter
originally iambic metre. Thus, by substitution of a trochee for an iamb in the 3rd and 4th syllables, but keeping the iambic ending, an original iambic dimeter
Glyconic
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
similar pattern of (a) iambic octonarii (type a), (b) other metres, (c) iambic octonarii (type b). Another passage of iambic octonarii is Mercury's gleeful
Amphitryon_(Plautus_play)
unstressed. In an trochaic-or-iambic pair, each word can be either a trochee (stressed on the first syllable) or an iamb (stressed on the second syllable)
List of closed pairs of English rhyming words
List_of_closed_pairs_of_English_rhyming_words
American actor and filmmaker (born 1956)
of poetry. It was very beautiful, impressionistic, like an edgy, modern iambic pentameter. Mel has a really good grasp of language, he's fantastic with
Mel_Gibson
Metre used in Hebrew biblical poetry
Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic
Qinah_(metre)
Metrical foot
consists of three short syllables occupying a foot, replacing either an iamb (u –) or a trochee (– u). In accentual-syllabic verse (such as formal English
Tribrach_(poetry)
Poem by William Shakespeare
is written in the typical Shakespearean sonnet form, having 14 lines of iambic pentameter ending in a rhymed couplet. Sonnet 29 follows the same basic
Sonnet_29
Linguistic concept
pattern in Turkish observed in place names, the main stress occurs as an iamb (i.e. penultimate stress) one syllable to the left of the final syllable:
Syllable_weight
Poetic stanza, rhyming ABABBCC
recent centuries. The rhyme royal stanza consists of seven lines, usually in iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme is A B A B B C C {\displaystyle \mathrm {ABABBCC}
Rhyme_royal
Form of poetry
poets) Saturnian. Poetic dramatic dialogue, whether in English iambic pentameter or Greek iambic trimeter, also tends to be stichic in nature. Look up stichic
Stichic
Pattern of syllables in the stanzas of hymns
now I see. To put it more technically, such hymns have couplets with four iambic metrical feet in the first and third lines, and three in the second and
Metre_(hymn)
Poem by William Shakespeare
divided into 265 stanzas of seven lines each. The meter of each line is iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme for each stanza is ABABBCC, a format known
The_Rape_of_Lucrece
Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic
Dimeter
Repeating 3 to 6-syllable section of a poetic metre
up to two other elements which can be short, anceps or biceps. Thus an iambic metron is x – ᴗ – (where "x" represents an anceps element), a trochaic metron
Metron_(poetry)
Feature of Ancient Greek prosody
is a metrical law that applies to iambic trimeter, the main spoken metre of Greek tragedy. It does not apply to iambic trimeter in Greek comedy. It was
Porson's_law
book Notes on Prosody by author Vladimir Nabokov compares differences in iambic verse in the English and Russian languages, and highlights the effect of
Notes_on_Prosody
3rd-century BCE Greek poet, scholar and librarian
poem, six religious hymns, around 60 epigrams, a collection of satirical iambs, and a narrative poem entitled Hecale. Callimachus shared many characteristics
Callimachus
Metric foot in Greek poetry
Metrical feet and accents Disyllables ◡ ◡ pyrrhic, dibrach ◡ – iamb – ◡ trochee, choree – – spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡ tribrach – ◡ ◡ dactyl ◡ – ◡ amphibrach
Pyrrhic
Type of meter (poetry)
Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic
Trimeter
Arabic poetry meter
Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic
Wafir
Statue of the Greek god Helios
of these are, first, the Colossus of Helius, of which the author of the iambic verse says, "seven times ten cubits in height, the work of Chares the Lindian";
Colossus_of_Rhodes
Line of verse with just one metrical foot or dipody
Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Meters by metrical feet Iamb Iambic tetrameter Iambic pentameter Iambic heptameter Dactyl Dactylic hexameter Trochee/Trochaic
Monometer
Poetry meters
septenarius) Iambic tetrameter catalectic (in Latin also known as Iambic septenarius) Choliambic (also known as Scazon), a variation on the Iambic trimeter
Greek_and_Latin_metre
Poetry written in regular metre but without rhyme
is poetry written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines, usually in iambic pentameter. It has been described as "probably the most common and influential
Blank_verse
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
itself. Shakespeare's standard poetic form was blank verse, composed in iambic pentameter. In practice, this meant that his verse was usually unrhymed
William_Shakespeare
Greek and Latin poetic verse form
Choliambic verse (Ancient Greek: χωλίαμβος), also known as limping iambs or scazons or halting iambic, is a form of meter in poetry. It is found in both Greek and
Choliamb
1785 Scots-language poem by Robert Burns
{\displaystyle \mathrm {AAABAB} } , with iambic tetrameter A {\displaystyle \mathrm {A} } lines and iambic dimeter B {\displaystyle \mathrm {B} } lines
To_a_Mouse
having been written in iambic pentameter acatalectic would be factually accurate, but redundant and never said, because iambic pentameter is presumed
Acatalexis
Replacing long syllables with two shorts in poetry
often found in iambic and trochaic metres, and also in anapestic, dochmiac and sometimes in cretic, bacchiac, and ionic metres. In iambic and trochaic metres
Resolution_(metre)
Tenth letter of the Latin alphabet
in dictionaries as variants of one and the same leter (for example, jam, iambic, jangle); that practice was common in French dictionaries before 1762 and
J
Poem by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 18 is a typical English or Shakespearean sonnet, having 14 lines of iambic pentameter: three quatrains followed by a couplet. It also has the characteristic
Sonnet_18
American singer (born 1964)
to an arrangement of the Fibonacci numbers. In "Jambi", the metrical foot iamb is used. Keenan's lyrics on Ænima and Lateralus focused on philosophy and
Maynard_James_Keenan
Four-line poem or stanza
AAAA, ABAB, and ABBA. The heroic stanza or elegiac stanza consists of the iambic pentameter, with the rhyme scheme of A B A B {\displaystyle \mathrm {ABAB}
Quatrain
Oxford awards for Greek or Latin
(New College) for comic iambic verse: Henry IV, Part II, Act 2, Sc. 2. 1895: Frank Lloyd Edwards (New College) for tragic iambic verse: Matthew Arnold's
Gaisford_Prize
Ancient Roman play by Plautus
differentiated by changes of metre. The usual pattern is to begin each section with iambic senarii (which were spoken without music), then a scene of music in various
Mostellaria
Chinese stock character analogous to a knight-errant
some justice." A metric translation of the original Chinese poem with one iamb per Chinese character reads as follows: A decade long I honed a single sword
Youxia
Poem by John Keats
of beauty is a joy for ever". Endymion is written in rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter (also known as heroic couplets). Keats based the poem on the
Endymion_(poem)
Novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin
entire work is made up of 389 fourteen-line stanzas (5,446 lines in all) of iambic tetrameter with the unusual rhyme scheme AbAbCCddEffEgg, where the uppercase
Eugene_Onegin
Poetic form
Comedy, which he set in hendecasyllabic lines. In English, poets often use iambic pentameter. Terza rima is a challenging form for a poet, and it did not
Terza_rima
Languages of the Yupik natives of Alaska
The stress pattern of Central Siberian and Central Alaskan is generally iambic where stress occurs on the second syllable of each two-syllable metrical
Yupik_languages
syllable). Lines of poetry made up predominantly of iambs are referred to as iambics or as iambic verse, which is by far the most commonly used metrical
Glossary_of_literary_terms
Section, line, or type of poem in Ancient Greek poetry
Hipponax in which the first line consists of a dactylic hexameter or an iambic trimeter. (See Archilochian.) It can also be used (as in Horace's Epodes)
Epode
Language of the Yupik family
the rightmost of the stressed syllables. The iambic stress system of Yup'ik results in predicable iambic lengthening, a processes that serves to increase
Central_Alaskan_Yupʼik
Tragedy by William Shakespeare
and Juliet is, however, written in blank verse, and much of it in strict iambic pentameter, with less rhythmic variation than in most of Shakespeare's later
Romeo_and_Juliet
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