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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 7 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 51% | 10 | A foot comprising of an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed syllable | |
3 | 51% | 6 | This metrical foot consists of a short syllable followed by a long syllable followed by a short syllable. | |
Poets Three Syllable Foot Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "ANAPEST" which means:
- noun
- • A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
An example sentence would be:
- • "An anapest is a metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable, as in the word 'understand'."
- • "The poem was written in anapestic tetrameter, with each line containing four anapests."
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New York Times07 May 1993 | Down 43 | |
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