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iam·bus <pl -es [or -bi]> [aɪˈæmbəs, pl -bi:] N LIT

iambus

Jambus m

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They are always in heroic couplets, and the common metre is bacchic tetrameter with an iambus for last foot. en.wikipedia.org

The common element in all iambus is blame, drawing attention to dangerous or unsuitable behaviours. en.wikipedia.org

Thus, some types of poetry which would be included under the label lyric poetry in modern criticism -- namely, the elegy and iambus which were performed with flutes -- are excluded. en.wikipedia.org

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