Iamb

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Metrical foot
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Titan
gptkb:Anapest
gptkb:Spondee
gptkb:Trochee
gptkbp:etymology Greek iambos
gptkbp:example The sun
To be
gptkbp:firstSyllable unstressed
gptkbp:form Iambic pentameter
Iambic tetrameter
Iambic trimeter
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Iamb
gptkbp:secondSyllable stressed
gptkbp:syllables 2
unstressed-stressed
gptkbp:symbol ˘ ¯
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:poetry
Greek poetry
Latin poetry
English verse
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Prosody
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6