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iambic Prosody 1. (in Greek literature) denoting a type of satirical verse written in iambs 2. a metrical foot, line, or stanza of verse consisting of iambs 3. a type of ancient Greek satirical verse written in iambs How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It is unfortunately impossible to trace the plan of the poem, which presumably detailed the adventures of this unheroic character: the metre used was a curious mixture of hexametric and iambic lines. For there is no common term we could apply to the mimes of Sophron and Xenarchus and the Socratic dialogues on the one hand; and, on the other, to poetic imitations in iambic, elegiac, or any similar metre. , and in the last line the iambic pentameter gives place to an Alexandrine (an iambic hexameter). |
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