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1 | 99% | 7 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 48% | 4 | Not short | |
3 | 44% | 8 | Short-long-short metrical pattern | |
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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 Times16 Feb 1995 | Down 10 | |
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