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Identify the meter, if any, of each line of poetry.

"Because their words had forked no lightning they"
"A lonely impulse of delight"
"No likely end could bring them loss"

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User Rockstar
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Answer:

"Because their words had forked no lightning they" iambic pentameter

"A lonely impulse of delight" iambic tetrameter

"No likely end could bring them loss" iambic tetrameter

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got it right on edge

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User Slambeth
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"Because their words had forked no lightning they" - iambic pentameter

"A lonely impulse of delight" - iambic tetrameter

"No likely end could bring them loss" - iambic tetrameter

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User Delirium Tremens
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