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The type of meter Shakespeare used in his sonnets is called

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The meter of a Shakespearean sonnet is called iambic pentameter.
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Answer: Iambic pentameter

Shakespeare's sonnets are written predominantly in a meter called iambic pentameter, a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of ten syllables. The syllables are divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet.

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