Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index An iamb is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of a short (unstressed) syllable followed by a long (stressed) one. The iambic pentameter is one of the most powerful measures in English poetry. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. -- Alfred Tennyson This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.