diiamb Sentence Examples
- The rhythmical pattern of a diiamb is one short syllable followed by two long syllables.
- A diiamb can be found in the word "delight."
- The poetic meter known as iambic trimeter consists of three diiambs.
- The first foot of the line "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
- is a diiamb.
- The second foot of the line "The world is too much with us; late and soon" is also a diiamb.
- The line "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan" begins with a diiamb.
- The fourth word of the title "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe forms a diiamb.
- The name "Hermione" from Shakespeare's play "The Winter's Tale" can be divided into two diiambs.
- The diiamb is a common metrical foot in English poetry, and it can be found in the works of many famous poets.
diiamb Meaning
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diiamb (n.)
A diiambus.
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A diiambus.
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The rhythmical pattern of a diiamb is one short syllable followed by two long syllables.
A diiamb can be found in the word "delight."
The poetic meter known as iambic trimeter consists of three diiambs.
The first foot of the line "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
