Results for iambic

Definitions of iambic:

part of speech: noun

A metrical foot having a short syllable followed by a long one; a satirical poem in verse composed of such metrical feet.

part of speech: noun

A poetic foot of two syllables, the first short, the second long or accented.

part of speech: adjective

Having a verse form in which each foot consists of a short ( unaccented) syllable followed by a long ( accented) syllable.

part of speech: adjective

Consisting of iambics.

Usage examples for iambic:

• He adds that he is now fairly master of the iambic form and that the verse cannot fail to impart splendor and dignity. "The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller", Calvin Thomas

• Aristotle was far from thinking as they do: he was of opinion that heroic numbers are too sonorous for prose; and that, on the other hand, the iambic has too much the resemblance of vulgar talk:- and, accordingly, he recommends the style which is neither too low and common, nor too lofty and extravagant, but retains such a just proportion of dignity, as to win the attention, and excite the admiration of the hearer. "Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker.", Cicero

• The short- meter stanza consists of four iambic lines, the first, second, and fourth being trimeter, and the third tetrameter. "Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism", F. V. N. Painter