iamb

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?

iamb by aleclair January 24, 2006

iambic pentameter 

Each set of sounds has one that shall be stressed
and in these two shall there be one is not
of sets of two no less than five be wrought
and with these sets a subject be addressed
if with these lines one seeks to form a verse
the rhymes each line one first must understand
two sets of four the first and last shall stand
between lay those who differ from the first

at the end of all shall be six lines again
cointaineth they the rhythm of above
their rhyme can differ but I shall begin
with rhyme of three and then the same again
second different from those it is one of
'tis pit'ous that I lack a line to end

See above as example...

iambic pentameter by TTB March 15, 2004

iambic pentameter 

A conspiracy theory that gives English teachers a job.

Principal: You're fired.

Teacher: What for?

Principal: You don't teach anything.

Teacher: Yes I do. I'm currently teaching... I...am...err... Iambic pentameter.

Principal: Iambic what?

Teacher: It's a complex literary device. It's really important.

Principal: Oh, well then you'd better keep your job.

iambic pentameter by Failliam Suckspeare April 22, 2010

iambillcipherlol 

My moot on tiktok who is a cool person :)

iambillcipherlol is a very good tiktoker

iambillcipherlol by s0phi4_177 May 14, 2022

iambuterastann 

@iambuterastann is the the most annoying stan, he always stealing tweets and he always says that he's a flop but actually he's not a flop

@iambuterastann is a rat

iambuterastann by dev's oomf October 11, 2020

iambic pentameter 

The bullshit that is forced upon english students worldwide. Completly subjective, yet somehow grade-able (how?).

I have to write an entire 3pg essay in iambic pentameter but i cant seem to hear the strssed and un-stressed syllables. FUCK!

iambic pentameter by devdogg January 28, 2005

iambic 

See iamb and iambic pentameter.

A lot of English poetry is iambic, meaning that it alternates stressed and unstressed symbols.

iambic by Higgins2 August 30, 2006