iamb
That's an iamb.
iamb
That's an iamb.
A foot.
The anapest.
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Iambic. An iamb, or iambus, consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. A trochee consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one. Take your pick!
That's an iamb.
iamb
An iambic foot consists of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. It is the most common metrical foot in English poetry.
One stressed syllable followed by two unstressed is called a dactyl, and a line of verse written in that style is called dactyllic. Here are the other kinds of metrical feet as well: iamb: unstressed, stressed trochee: stressed, unstressed dactyl: stressed, unstressed, unstressed anapest: unstressed, unstressed, stressed amphibrach: unstressed, stressed, unstressed amphimacer: stressed, unstressed, stressed bacchius: unstressed, stressed, stressed antibacchius: stressed, unstressed, unstressed pyrrhus: unstressed, unstressed spondee: stressed, stressed tribrach: unstressed, unstressed, unstressed molossus: stressed, stressed, stressed
That's an iamb.
This metrical pattern is trochaic.
The iamb.