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.
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Ictus
The rhythmical or metrical stress placed on a syllable. An ictus is ussually represented by [´].
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Idyll, Idyl
A short poem containing imagery of a happy country life. Another name is pastoral.
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Imagery, Image
Elements in literature used to evoke mental images of the visual sense, and somtimes of sensation and emotion as well.
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Improvisatore
In verse, an improviser, usually extemporaneously.
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Internal Rhyme
Often called middle or leonine rhyme, a rhyme occurring in mid-line.
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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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