DOUBLE DACTYLS
Credit: NY Times Crossword
March 2, 2017
Peter Gordon (adapted)

A double dactyl is a metrical foot of six syllables, with the accent falling on the first and fourth syllables. The four phrases below are double dactyls and were used as clues in this puzzle.

Start of the question is
More of the question is
End of the question is
Here's what the answer is

These are the answers to the clues: (They are not double dactyls.)

What famous poet
Has a name that's
A double dactyl?

Do you know the answer?

HINT:
She was an American from Amherst, Massachusetts.

Answer:

Emily Dickinson (Em i ly Dick in son)

Now, can you name three U.S. Presidents whose names were double dactyls?

Answers:

Benjamin Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt