| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| DACTYL | Long-short-short, in verse |
| IAMB | Short-long foot in verse. |
| epodes | kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one |
| epode | kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one |
| rhythms | The measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose as determined by the relation of long and short or stressed and unstressed syllables |
| shortest | (of a vowel) Categorized as short with regard to quality and length (e.g., in standard British English the vowel in good is short as distinct from the long vowel in food) |
