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 and German poetry.
- To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. – Alfred Tennyson
Or:
- Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? – William Shakespeare
Categories: Poetic form