What is the rhythm and meter of the poem the prophet?

This piece has a basic iambic rhythm and is composed to contain approximately ten syllables per line. This would make it appear as though it is iambic pentameter. Yet, throughout the work the artist freely breaks this form. It is the breaking from this form which blends his structured Words with the natural and aids in our assimilating the piece as a bit of natural speech. It is not natural speech, of course; but that is the illusion crafted by the artist.