| In the iambic and trochaic metres other feet are often substituted for the iambus and the trochee, but without change of rhythm. |
| The foot consisting of an unaccented followed by an accented syllable is called an iambus. |
| He could make Greek iambics, and doubted whether the bishop knew the difference between an iambus and a trochee. |
| An iambus is a two-syllable foot accented on the last syllable. |
| The second pda of this stanza is wanting an iambus in its middle part. |
| They consist of a collection of seventeen poems in different versions of the iambus, the metre traditionally associated with lampoon. |
