This is an analysis of the poem High In The Air Exposed that begins with:

High in the air exposed the slave is hung,
To all the birds of heaven, their living food! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabXXbcaacaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001010101 01010101101 11111001111 11001011101 1111010101 01001010111 1101011100 11011101011 0101010101 1001011101 1101010111 0101011101 010010100111 0101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 643
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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