The modern convenience that cell phones provide is responsible for everyone's increased daily use. According to the Morningside Recovery Rehabilitation Center, the average American spends 144 minutes a day using his or her phone during a 16-hour period.
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).
Lesson Summary. Let's review. Iambic tetrameter is a line of poetry with four beats of one unstressed syllable, followed by one stressed syllable, which is said to have the natural duh-DUH sound of a heartbeat. A simple meter that is easily read aloud, it flows 'trippingly on the tongue,' as Shakespeare would say.esson Summary. Let's review. Iambic tetrameter is a line of poetry with four beats of one unstressed syllable, followed by one stressed syllable, which is said to have the natural duh-DUH sound of a heartbeat. A simple meter that is easily read aloud, it flows 'trippingly on the tongue,' as Shakespeare would say.