This is an analysis of the poem One Judge that begins with:

Wallace, created on a noble plan
To show us that a Judge can be a Man;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaacccceeeffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010101 0111011001 11010100101 1101111001 0100011111 0111110101 0111110101 1101001101 0111010111 0110011101 0011010101 1111010111 010011101 1101010101 1111110101 1101010101 11001010101 1110011101 0101010101 1101010001 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 850
  • Average number of words per stanza: 160
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of One Judge;
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  • history of its creation;
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