Using only rhythm, an iambic foot sounds like da DUM. The meter of a line is determined by how many feet are present. A line of iambic tetrameter contains four feet. The iambic foot may be used in other meters, with less than or more than four. Similarly, tetrameter lines may contain other types of feet, where the stressed syllable is written first or with two unstressed syllables. Emily Dickinson is a famous poet who frequently used iambic tetrameter in her writing.
She often spaced the lines of tetrameter with alternating lines of iambic trimeter , which hold only three feet instead of four. Her poem Because I could not stop for Death uses this pattern. Lines 1 and 3 are both written in iambic tetrameter. Each word, or grouping of words may be divided into one unstressed beat followed by a stressed one. Lines 2 and 4 use this same iambic foot, but each contain only three such feet instead of four. Iambic meter is defined as poetic verse that is made up of iambs, which are metrical "feet" with two syllables.
In iambic verse, each line consists of one or more iambs. Iambic pentameter is the most common type of iambic meter but there are several others, as you'll see in the examples below. The first syllable in an iamb is unaccented and the second is accented.
Here are some examples of iambs:. When you combine three iambs, you create poetry in iambic trimeter. Each line has six syllables that alternate stressed and unstressed accents. Here are some examples:. Poems that consists of four iambs per line are written in iambic tetrameter. Each line has eight syllables in alternating stressed and unstressed accents. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Iambic tetrameter. Edit source History Talk 0. Categories Articles using Wikipedia text Created, imported, or updated in Poetic rhythm Add category.
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