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An iamb is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of a short (unstressed) syllable followed by a long (stressed) one.

The iambic pentameter is one of the most powerful measures in English and German poetry.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. – Alfred Tennyson

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Iambic pentameterIambic pentameter is a meter in poetry, consisting of lines with five feet (hence " pentameter") in which the iamb is the dominant foot (hence "Iambic"). Iambic rhythms are quite easy to write in English and iambic pentameter is among the most common metr	IambeIn Greek mythology, Iambe was an old woman who made Demeter smile or laugh when the latter was mourning the loss of her daughter, Persephone. She was a daughter of Echo and Pan. She was the first priestess of Demeter. How did Iambe make Demeter laugh? She	IambAn iamb is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of a short (unstressed) syllable followed by a long (stressed) one. The iambic pentameter is one of the most powerful measures in English and German poetry. To strive to seek to find and not to
IamblichusTwo historical persons go by the name Iamblichus ( Greek: ) A Greek novelist; see Iamblichus (novelist) A neoplatonist philosopher; see Iamblichus (philosopher).	Iamblichus (philosopher)Iamblichus (ca. AD 245 ca. 325), Greek: ) was a neoplatonist philosopher who determined the direction taken by later Neoplatonic philosophy, and perhaps western Paganism itself. He is perhaps best known for his compendium on Pythagorean philosophy. Iambli	Iamblichus (novelist)Iamblichus (fl. AD 165 180) was a Greek novelist born in Syria or Babylonia. He wrote a book by the name of The Babylonian History containing a love story about Rhodanes and Sinonis. Roman era writers.