(a.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.
(a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.
(n.) An iambic foot; an iambus.
(n.) A verse composed of iambic feet.
(n.) A satirical poem (such poems having been anciently written in iambic verse); a satire; a lampoon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Though Lord Derby's version is in unrhymed iambic pentameters, rather than the dactylic hexameters of the original, the narrative retains the density of an exciting though tragic war novel, never matched for scenes of ferocity and courage and the maintenance of honour, with its graphic descriptions of ghastly wounds, nearly all of which result in death.
(2) The play, written in Shakespearean iambics , was set in a futuristic limbo, before the coronation, when Charles refuses to grant his royal assent to a Labour prime minister’s press regulation bill.
(3) The joys of learning about iambic pentameter were no compensation for the weather and the food and the tight cliques of English girls, socially stratified in ways that were incomprehensible to me.
(4) They are "pulled about, the iambic pentameter is frequently broken … and yet the syncopation of scenes is like music".
(5) According to Channel 4 insiders, among those whowere approached by headhunters Egon Zehnder or have been interviewed are the network's director of television and content, Kevin Lygo; Andy Bird, Disney's international chief; Chris Hunt, the Iambic Media founder and former 'super-indie' chief executive; the BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson; the Talkback Thames chief executive and former BBC1 controller and Lorraine Heggessey; and UKTV's chief executive, David Abraham.
Triolet
Definition:
(n.) A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being, repeated as the eighth.