Forked has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The snake has a split or forked tongue. | |
| 2. | He speaks with a forked tongue. | |
| 3. | As when a snake, that through the winter's cold / lay swoln and hidden in the ground from sight, / gorged with rank herbs, forth issues to the light, / and sleek with shining youth and newly drest, / wreathing its slippery volumes, towers upright / and, glorying, to the sunbeam rears its breast, / and darts a three-forked tongue, and points a flaming crest. |