Iamb
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An iamb is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of a short (unstressed) syllable followed by a long (stressed) one.
The iambic pentameter is one of the most powerful measures in English poetry.
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Iamb" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iamb October 6, 2003
