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Definition of Iambuses
1. iambus [n] - See also: iambus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iambuses
Literary usage of Iambuses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of English Versification: Containing Rules for the Structure of the by Erastus Everett (1848)
"It is rarely, if ever, used except as alternating with other measures ; generally
with lines of three or four iambuses. The additional short syllable ..."
2. History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1827)
"Saturnian line was sometimes divided into two—the first line consisting of the
two iambuses and ... iambuses ..."
3. A Grammar of Rhetoric and Polite Literature by Alexander Jamieson (1840)
"It consists of two iambuses. Obs. We have no poem of this measure, but it may be met
... The third form consists of three iambuses. In places far or near, ..."
4. A Grammar of Rhetoric, and Polite Literature: Comprehending the Principles by Alexander Jamieson (1838)
"It consists of two iambuses. Obs. We have no poem of this measure, but it may be met
... The third form consists of three iambuses. In place's far 8r near, ..."
5. The Principles of Written Discourse by Theodore Whitefield Hunt (1884)
"It is often combined with other forms of Iambic verse, especially with that
consisting of two iambuses, and is well adapted to express pathos, ..."
6. English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners with an by Lindley Murray (1852)
"In its simplest form it consists of five iambuses ; but by the admission ...
The seventh and last form of our Iambic measure, in made up of seven iambuses. ..."
7. Weld's Progressive English Grammar: Illustrated with Copious Exercises in by Allen Hayden Weld (1860)
"The third form consists of three iambuses. In pla | ces far | or near, Or fa |
mous 6r ... In its simplest form, it consists of five iambuses; but, ..."
8. Weld's English Grammar: Illustrated by Exercises in Composition, Analyzing by Allen Hayden Weld (1849)
"The third form consists of three iambuses. In pU | ces fir | or near, Or fa |
mous or ... The fifth species of English Iambic consists of Jive iambuses. ..."
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