iamb

• Clearly and spend_- is an iamb, but Getting is not. —  The Principles of English Versification
• See below, page 63 The most common feet are the iamb, the trochee, the anapest, and the dactyl (see above, page 38), to which may be added the spondee. —  The Principles of English Versification
• Since Greek and Latin prosody was primarily quantitative, that is, based upon syllabic length, and every long syllable was theoretically equal to two short syllables, an iamb or ◡-had the musical value of ♪♩, a trochee of ♩♪, a dactyl of etc. And since no such definite musical valuation can be given to English feet, a Greek iamb and an English iamb are obviously different. —  The Principles of English Versification
• All of the twenty-five long lines end with an iamb, but only eleven begin with rising rhythm (thirteen begin with falling or trochaic rhythm, and one is ambiguous). —  The Principles of English Versification
• Is the imperial iamb laid to rest, —  The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke

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