Talk:Iamb

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Examples?

Iambic Trimeter is not 3 consecutive iamb, but rather 3 iambic metra, each of which is 2 iambs, for a total of 6 iambs in each line.

No. That is certainly incorrect as far as Accentual-syllabic verse in English is concerned. It seems there may be a significant distinction between classical metres and English terminology here. Do you have a reference for your assertion? — Stumps 21:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Is an iamb the same thing as a trochee? If it is, should someone make that connection on both pages? --Uggh1134 20:02, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

No, it isn't; a trochee (a metrical foot of stressed-unstressed) is the opposite of an iamb (a metrical foot of unstressed-stressed). Thefamouseccles 01:37, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

What is iambic meter?

The first foot of the line given from Shakespeare is a trochee. Nobody naturally emphasizes "I" in that sentence in such a manner as to make the foot an iamb.

Depends on the context. He could be asking, "Should I do it as opposed to anybody else doing it?" in which case it would be accented. Tsunomaru 17:31, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

The third foot is definitely pyrrhic, though. 163.1.121.50 19:13, 10 October 2007 (UTC)