Popular metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by a stress

Question: Popular metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable!?

i'm thinking it's a literary term from romeo and julietWww@QuestionHome@Com

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The metrical foot is an iamb (EYE-am)!. Five of those in a line make iambic pentameter (penta=five in Greek)!.

Just FYI: a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed is called a troche (TROKE-ee)

iamb: say what!? troche: you know!Www@QuestionHome@Com

iambic pentameterWww@QuestionHome@Com