#this is a cool one i like the stanza structure a lot! thanks anon!

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poem for you to scan if youre accepting them? this one's called "the pillars in pairs"

Through the door of golden pine

Down the creaking stairs,

With pale stone streaking granite gold

Of the pillars in pairs.

On the brick-and-mortar path

Near to sunlit mares

Within the light of the shining sun

‘Round the pillars in pairs.

Over hedges rosy-sweet,

By the grazing hares

Across the golden field of grass,

To the pillars in pairs.

T’wards the silver marble men

Near the statue’s hand,

Before the weeping ravens here,

The pairs of pillars stand.

Scansion:

– / ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – Through / the door / of gol/den pine – / ◡ – / ◡ – Down / the crea/king stairs, ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – With pale / stone strea/king gra/nite gold ◡ ◡ – / ◡ ◡ – Of the pil/lars in pairs. – / ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – On / the brick/-and-mor/tar path – / ◡ – / ◡ – Near / to sun/lit mares ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ ◡ – / ◡ – Within / the light / of the shi/ning sun ◡ ◡ – / ◡ ◡ – ‘Round the pil/lars in pairs. – / ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – O/ver hed/ges ro/sy-sweet, – / ◡ – / ◡ – By / the gra/zing hares ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – Across / the gol/den field / of grass, ◡ ◡ – / ◡ ◡ – To the pil/lars in pairs. – / ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – T’wards / the sil/ver mar/ble men – / ◡ – / ◡ – Near / the sta/tue’s hand, ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – Before / the wee/ping ra/vens here, ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – The pairs / of pil/lars stand.

Metrical form: Each four-line stanza has the same rhythm, even though each line within the stanza is different: – / ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – (acephalous iambic tetrameter) – / ◡ – / ◡ – (acephalous iambic trimeter) ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – (iambic tetrameter) ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – OR ◡ ◡ – / ◡ ◡ –

The fourth line of the stanza is underlyingly an iambic trimeter. However, in all but the last stanza, this expected line is replaced with an anapestic dimeter: the same number of syllables, but broken into two feet instead of three.

Rhyme scheme: ABCB DBEB FBGB HIJI