what is an iamb
Definition of Iamb. An iamb is a literary device that can be defined as a foot containing unaccented and short syllables followed by a long and accented syllable in a single line of a poem (unstressed/stressed syllables). Two of Robert Frostâs poems âDust of Snowâ and âThe Road not Takenâ are considered two of the most popular examples of iamb.