A metrical foot is a unit of poetic meter, which is the rhythm of a poem. It is composed of two or more syllables and is used to create a pattern in a poem. The eight crossword solutions for the term metrical foot are spondee (7 letters), IAMBUS (6 letters), IAMB (4 letters), ANAPEST (7 letters), anapaest (8 letters), trochee (7 letters), DACTYL (6 letters), and iambi (5 letters). A spondee is two syllables that are both stressed, an IAMBUS is two syllables with the first unstressed and the second stressed, an IAMB is two syllables with the first unstressed and the second stressed, an ANAPEST is three syllables with the first two unstressed and the third stressed, an anapaest is four syllables with the first three unstressed and the fourth stressed, a trochee is two syllables with the first stressed and the second unstressed, a DACTYL is three syllables with the first stressed and the other two unstressed, an iambi is three syllables with the first two unstressed and the third stressed, and a PAEON is four syllables with the first three unstressed and the fourth stressed.