The Clue
Anne Sexton creation (4 letter answer)
The Answer
POEM
Tags
Notes
The answer POEM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 180 puzzles.
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Field work
Frost lines
Gray lines
H.D. offering
Houseman product
Limerick, e.g.
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Ode or haiku
Pentastich, e.g.
Plath gem
Pound piece
Prior work
Quatrain container
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Skald's opus
Sonnet, e.g.
Stressful work?
Tennyson product
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Wilbur product
Wilbur work
Work with feet
Fancy foot work?
It may scan
James Merrill product
Meter man's offering
Ninth word of "Trees"
Robert Frost piece
Robert Frost writing
Scanning work, often
"A Dream Within a Dream," e.g.
Feature of many a sympathy card
Greeting card feature, often
It has feet in a line
It has many feet
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It may be measured by a meter
This helped save Old Ironsides
Definition
POEM as a noun:
1. (poem, verse form) = a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines