This is an analysis of the poem Men Honoured Above Angels that begins with:

Now let us join with hearts and tongues,
And emulate the angels' songs; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccXX ddcc eeff gghh aaiiXffcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11010101 11011111 01110101 11011111 11110101 11011101 1011101110 11010101 10010101 11010101 01110101 10110101 01110111 11110001 11110101 11011101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11111101 11010001 11110101 11110111 1100100101 11011101 11011111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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