In poetry, a Metrical Foot that has an unstressed (short) syllable followed by a long (stressed) syllable. An iamb, when diagrammed, looks somewhat like this: ^ ' Iambic Pentameter is an iambic verse used by Shakespeare, his colleagues and imitators, and by countless romantic poets throughout the ages.
A Poem about Poetry in Iambic Tetrameter The Iamb! the Trochee! can't you see they're different kinds of poetry Oh no, you say, they're types of verse. So I was cursed until the end Oh, God! Oh, Friend, can you help me Release myself from agony?
👍49 👎21