This is an analysis of the poem The Hanging Judge that begins with:
I am the Judge, the flower of the law,
Bolstered in, privileged, all men’s awe;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddeefFeeeegheeiiaafFhgaajjdXkkaafflleeaaeehheeffggXXddeeaaXgXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 70,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010001 100100111 111100111 0100100100 11100101010 10110110010 1111001001 0100101111 110110101 01001001011 111011001011 00111001001 10100101 1101 11011101 01111101 11001000010 110010010010 11110100 1010010101 11011001001 011100101 1101111111 011100111 110111011 1011111111 000100111 1101 11010110 010010100 011111010 011111001 1010110101 111011101 11001011010 111010001100 111011101 011111101 01011111 1101011011 010110111 1001 110111101 01011001001 10111101001 011101111 11101101 100100101 101010100 01111011011 110101101 010011101 1110110101 1111101001 11110101 1101 11011110010 011111010 11101011101 1110011100 10101101010 110010010110 110101010 110101010 0111101011 00110001001 110011000 111100100 0011101101 11010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2641
- Average number of words per stanza: 523
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, a, to are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Hanging Judge;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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