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Iamb or Iambus, Iambic
Consisting of two syllables, a short or unaccented syllable followed by a long or accented syllable, the iamb is the most common metrical foot.

Ictus
The rhythmical or metrical stress placed on a syllable. An ictus is ussually represented by [´].

Idyll, Idyl
A short poem containing imagery of a happy country life. Another name is pastoral.

Imagery, Image
Elements in literature used to evoke mental images of the visual sense, and somtimes of sensation and emotion as well.

Improvisatore
In verse, an improviser, usually extemporaneously.

Internal Rhyme
Often called middle or leonine rhyme, a rhyme occurring in mid-line.

Ionic
A metrical foot of four syllables, either two long syllables followed by two short syllables, called greater ionic, or two short syllables followed by two long syllables called lesser ionic.



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