<span><span>The part that represents the most distinctly American political thought is "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." These unalienable rights have been since the declaration of independence been mentioned numerous times, and will continue to be mentioned as it is the most important aspect of American ideology.</span><span>
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<span>Tom Walker, the protagonist of Washington Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker," meets the Devil in a swampy land on his way home. Tom, having lived with an abusive wife, "had no fear of the devil." So he was comfortable around the Devil</span>
Since the only way to find out if a line is written in a trimeter, or pentameter, etc. is to count the number of syllables, and then divide that number by two to get the meter, that is exactly what we are going to do here.
This line has 8 syllables: (a tree whose hung- ry mouth is prest), we should divide it by 2, which equals 4.
So, the correct answer is that this line is an example of iambic tetrameter. Tetra means 4.
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In the last stanza of 'Dover Beach', the speaker urges his ladylove to “be true to one another” as the new world, that seems to be so beautiful apparently, does not evoke much hope for him. To talk about the stylistic aspects of the poem, the lines are mostly rhyming