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noun • The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat. • The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter. • The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis. • The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking. | ||||||||
| 60% | 10 | Verse foot containing one accented syllable and two unaccented syllables at the beginning, and ending with one unaccented syllable and one accented syllable | ||||||
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| 46% | 6 | A poetic foot of three syllables, the first two short or unaccented, the last long or accented. | ||||||
noun • A verse of this kind. adjective • Using or relating to a metrical pattern of poetry where each foot is composed of three syllables, the first and third of which are stressed and the second is unstressed. This pattern is very rare in English poetry. | ||||||||
Accented Part Of A Poetic Foot Crossword Clue
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ARSIS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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ARSIS
Updated: October 11, 2023
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We think the answer is "" which means:
- noun
- • The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.
- • The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.
- • The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis.
- • The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.
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