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iambus
noun
(i-am-bus)
a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
Synonyms:
iamb
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Words Related to
iambus
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iamb
,
diiambus
,
choriambus
,
choriamb
,
asclepiad
,
antispast
,
choliambic
,
choliamb
,
choreus
,
metrical foot
,
trochee
,
dispondee
,
asynartete
,
ditrochee
,
dipody
,
epitrite
,
glyconian
,
proceleusmatic
,
alcaic verse
,
amphimacer
,
cretic
,
scazon
,
adonic
,
amphibrach
,
acatalectic
,
spondee
,
hypercatalexis
,
bacchius
,
priapean
,
semiped
,
antibacchius
,
anapest
,
catalectic
,
line of poetry
,
pedalian
,
dactylist
,
monometer
,
feminine rhyme
,
tetrameter
,
poetic rhythm
,
heptameter
,
quinquesyllable
,
tetrasyllable
,
octameter
,
hendecasyllable
,
octosyllable
,
syllable
,
catalexis
,
tetrasyllabic
,
antepenultima
,
septisyllable
,
trisyllable
,
cynghanedd
,
rhyme royal
,
decasyllable
,
syllabize
,
hexameter
,
trimeter
,
masculine rhyme
,
pentasyllabic
,
dodecasyllabic
,
prosody
,
quadrisyllable
,
prosimetrical
,
internal rhyme
,
rhyme scheme
,
antepenult
,
dodecasyllable
,
trimetrical
,
scansion
,
pentameter
,
disyllable
,
eye rhyme
,
immetrical
,
spenserian sonnet
,
monostrophe
,
petrarchan sonnet
,
senarius
,
syllabogram
,
synizesis
,
hypermeter
,
metrify
,
apocope
,
paragoge
,
monorhyme
,
dactyl
,
apocopation
,
perfect rhyme
,
syllabicity
,
italian sonnet
,
oxytone
,
prosal
,
english sonnet
,
pedetentous
,
tetrastich
,
berhyme
,
assonate
,
apocopate
,
stanza
,
hexastich
,
iambus
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