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

Word definitions for anapaestic in dictionaries

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 .

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 ]

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.