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Iambically

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I`am´bic`al`ly
adv.1.In a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.


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But the rhythm of these last two lines is also telling: greenness turns to gold smoothly, iambically (and we'd almost like to end the poem here) when we, in the final line, find out how such a transformation occurs, the last, not-quite iambic line tripping over its predecessor.
In his 1964 article iambically entitled The Subtle Vices of the Passive Virtues, (9) he argued that judges ought to abstain from decisions only out of principle, not pragmatic avoidance of institutional friction or adverse public opinion.
 
 
 
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