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Which meter is used in these lines from shakespere’s sonnet18

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If you are referring to William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, it is written in iambic pentameter. This means that there are five metrical feet per line (pentameter) and each foot contains an iamb which is identified by one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.

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