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11 A/c Metrical Feet I-M-I [5 letters]

IAMBI

Never heard of it. This is supposed to be an easy crossword! Anything to do with iambic pentameters?

Everything:
iamb [ˈaɪæm ˈaɪæmb], iambus [aɪˈæmbəs]
n pl iambs, iambi [aɪˈæmbaɪ], iambuses Prosody
1. (Literature / Poetry) a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one (˘ ¯)
2. (Literature / Poetry) a line of verse of such feet
[C19 iamb, from C16 iambus, from Latin, from Greek iambos]

Thank you. My massive shorter Oxford dictionary shows "iambic" but not iambi; you learn somthing every day.

But if you look a little further on you will find iambus, the plural of which is iambi