For Iamb we have terms and definitions in 2 topics. The topics are Drama and Poetry.

Iamb (Drama)

An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one, as in to-DAY. See Foot.

Iamb (Poetry)

A metrical foot of two syllables, one short (or unstressed) and one long (or stressed). There are four iambs in the line “Come live/ with me/ and be/ my love,” from a poem by Christopher Marlowe. (The stressed syllables are in bold.) The iamb is the reverse of the trochee.

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