Because they wanted to have rights just like white people.
He might mean that he is better than what he seems to be.
Answer:
In poetry, meter and or metre is used as a device. The device is thrown around as a rhythm. In music, it would be considered the beat. It provides a sound pattern for each line.
(hopefully that helps.)
The right to bear arms does not belong to the 6th amendment, it belongs to the 2nd