Poetic Foot With A Short And A Long Syllable Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
	60%	11		Poetic foot with short-long-short syllable pattern
	noun • A metrical foot in ancient Greek or Latin consisting of two short syllables surrounding one long one (e.g. amāta). • A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
	50%	6		A metrical foot consisting of one short or unstressed syllable followed by one long or stressed syllable
	noun • a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables

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New York Times02 Nov 2020	Across 18
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