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I . iam·bic [aɪˈæmbɪk] LIT ADJ inv

iambic
jambisch spec

II . iam·bic <pl -bi [or pl -buses]> [aɪˈæmbɪk] LIT N

iambic
Jambus m spec

iam·bic pen·ˈtam·eter N

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iambic pentameter

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The lengths of the lines and of the stanzas vary throughout the text, and the poem begins with an iambic meter.
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The strong syllables of the remaining iambic feet each carry secondary stress, as do any final weak syllables.
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Piper can also cast spells, often written in iambic pentameter or as a rhyming couplet, to influence others or the world around her.
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The film's dialogue is almost entirely in iambic pentameter and usually rhymes.
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The poem does have a meter: it is called iambic pentameter.
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Heavy syllables since they are required to be stressed disrupt perfect trochaic and iambic rhythms.
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His works were composed in elegant and serious hexameter verses and caustic iambic poetry.
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The poem is written in blank verse, non-rhyming iambic pentameter.
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It lyrically speaks prose in a form of trochaic or iambic heptameter.
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Apart from their independent role, anapaests are sometimes used as substitutions in iambic verse.
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