Significado de "iambic" no Dicionário de Inglês

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"iambic" no Inglês

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iambicadjective

uk /aɪˈæm.bɪk/ us /aɪˈæm.bɪk/ specialized

used to refer to a rhythm (= pattern of words) used in poetry, in which each short syllable that is not stressed is followed by a long or stressed syllable:

Most of Shakespeare's verse is written in iambic pentameter (= rhythm with each line made of five iambic pairs).

(Definição de "iambic" do Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)