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Answer for the clue "Of poetic feet ", 10 letters:
anapaestic

Word definitions for anapaestic in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (alternative spelling of anapestic English) n. (alternative spelling of anapestic English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one [syn: anapestic ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anapaest \An`a*p[ae]st\, Anapaestic \An`a*p[ae]s"tic\ Same as Anapest , Anapestic .

Usage examples of anapaestic.

She cried a couplet in anapaestic monometer with implied rhyme: "There are stars In my shoe.

His business was to carol of the most vapid and obvious sentiment, and to string flowers, fruits, trees, breeze, sorrow, to-morrow, knights, coal-black steeds, regret, deception, and so forth, into fervid anapaestics.