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Iambic heptameter


 

Iambic heptameter is a poetic meter that has seven iambic metrical feet per line. The stress of the foot is placed on the first, short syllable, followed by an unstressed longer syllable.

Related Topics:
Poetic - Meter - Iambic - Metrical feet - Short - Syllable - Longer

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Contrast with iambic pentameter, for instance, which is a meter with five feet per line, and trochaic meter, where the longer syllable precedes the short one.

Related Topics:
Iambic pentameter - Trochaic

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