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Iamb (poetry) An iamb /ËaÉªÃ¦m/ or iambus is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry. Originally the term referred to one of the feet of the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in delay).
By Bob Holman & Margery Snyder. Definition: An iamb is a metrical foot in poetryâthe unit of stressed and unstressed syllables that determines what we call the meter, or rhythmic measure, in the lines of a poem.An iambic foot consists of two syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed, so that it sounds like âda-DUM.â.The term originated in classical Greek prosody as âiambus,â referring to a short syllable followed by a long syllable.n iambic foot consists of two syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed, so that it sounds like âda-DUM.â. The term originated in classical Greek prosody as âiambus,â referring to a short syllable followed by a long syllable.