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What kind of meter does the poem, "Fifty Years" contain?

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Iambic tetrameter would be the answer, I think.
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Answer:

James Weldon Johnson uses a regular iambic tetrameter meter in the poem

Explanation:

Fifty Years is a ceremonial poem that follows the iambic tetrameter meter. This a meter that has a construction of four iambic feet. An Iamb is represented by a short syllable followed by a long syllable, this has also the variant where we can see an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

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