This is an analysis of the poem Men Are Heaven's Piers that begins with:

MEN are Heaven's piers; they evermore
Unwearying bear the skyey floor;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccbbddcceeffggbbhhcciiaajjkkbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011101 1001011 11001101 1001000 11110101 11010101 11010101 10100100 11010101 11010101 10011101 101000101 01010101 010101011 01000101 01010111 01100110 11000111 11001101 11010101 11111011 11011101 11010101 01011101 11011101 11010101 11010101 01111101 111101011 11000111 11010111 11010111 11010101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 205
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, our, and are repeated.

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