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What line is one of iambic pentameter (5 feet-each)?

A vision of crisis,
the world may not yet see.
As the death toll passes,
one thousand and three.
Struck is the country by a disastrous quake.
The public continued to aid and donate.
Collapsed are the buildings, as are the schools.
Homeless are the residents of Sichuan, Chengdu.
A vision of crisis,
the world may not yet see.
Days before the Olympics,
Joyful it was supposed to be.
A moment for reflection,
while mourning for the nation.
Speak not of the death and disaster,
But of miraculous rescues that grapple the devastated displacement.

Iambic pentameter is five BEATS, not five feet. Each line of iambic pentameter contains five beats and when you read it aloud, you will hear the beats, or the rhythm of the line. Shakespeare did a lot of his work in iambic pentameter.

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