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What is a meter in a poem prospect of the future glory of america

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Answer: The poem is written in Iambic pentameter

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The meter in this poem is iambic pentameter.
Iambic pentameter is a popular meter that even Shakespeare always used. Pentameter means that there are 10 syllables in each line - penta means 5, meter has 2 syllables, which means there are 10 syllables. Iamb refers to the stress of syllables - the succession of unstressed and stressed syllables.
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