Iambic meter is lines of poetry containing iambs. An iamb is a metrical foot having two syllables: the first unstressed, or 'weak,' and the second stressed. There are several different ways iambic meter is used in poetry. These include: ... Blank verse - non-rhyming lines of iambic pentameter. an example :1 beat - MonometerHe bangsThe drum2 beats - DimeterHis drumming noiseAwakes the boys