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What type of poem did frost write iambic pentameter?

Robert frost wrote many poems in iambic pentameter, a meter consisting of ten syllables per line, with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables. Some examples of Frost's poems written in iambic pentameter include:

* "The Road Not Taken"

* "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

* "Acquainted with the Night"

* "Mending Wall"

* "Birches"

* "Design"

* "The Oven Bird"

* "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

* "Two Look at Two"

* "The Gift Outright"

Iambic pentameter is a common meter in English poetry and is often used to create a sense of rhythm and formality. Frost was a master of this meter and used it to great effect in many of his poems.

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