Words such as “attain,” “portray,” and “describe” are all examples of the iambic pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables. ... The metrical foot of trochee is opposite to that of iamb, containing two syllables where the first syllable is stressed and the second syllable is unstressed.
An iamb is a unit of meter with two syllables, where the first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed. Words such as “attain,” “portray,” and “describe” are all examples of the iambic pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables.
