Question

What is an iamb?

A. A metrical foot with two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable
B. A metrical foot that has only two syllables, both of which are equally stressed
C. A metrical foot with a stressed syllable immediately followed by an unstressed one
D. A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable directly followed by a stressed one
An iamb /ˈaɪæm/ 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")

Answer 1

@mjparrish @Missiey @M3GA-BIT3 @FitzIncorporated @zarkam21 @dehelloo @wonderland_11 @nevermind_justschool @brandi03 @PrincestonA @darkdirl111296 @raymonde20

Answer 2

a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

Answer 3

D. It's the foot used in Iambic pentameter.

Answer 4

It's A.

Answer 5

'soft/LOUD'.

Answer 6

C, apologies.

Answer 7

C

Answer 8

why

Answer 9

Such confusion here.

Answer 10

a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

Answer 11

It's D.

Answer 12

Final answer.

Answer 13

Yep, D.