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Below are examples of the above feet in iambic —
Iambic monometer — (1 foot of light/heavy sounds)

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I die

Iambic dimeter — (2 feet of light/heavy sounds)

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The night was cold

Iambic trimeter — (3 feet of light/heavy sounds)

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The sea was wild and grey.

Iambic tetrameter — ( 4 feet of light/heavy sounds)

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When I was down at Bram- ble Bay.

Iambic pentameter — (5 feet of light/heavy sounds)

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And child- ren wan der down up-on the sand

Iambic hexameter — (6 feet of light/heavy sounds)
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The gulls were rest- less as the boat came past the pier.
Iambic heptameter — 7 feet of light/heavy sounds) Please Note
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The col- ours of our world are oft- en fash- The present coronoviris
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ioned by our choice. pandemic is causing

Iambic octameter — (8 feet of light/heavy sounds) cancellations of many
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We some- times look a-bout in won- der at events on short notice.
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The beau- ty that we see.

Please make contact with

the committees

concerned before

putting your travel plans

into gear.

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