This is an analysis of the poem Justice Arnett that begins with:

It is true, fellow citizens,
That my old docket lying there for years...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXcXdXdebeXdXabaaaaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110100 1111010110 1010111110 0101011001 11011101 11110101 111101101 1010011101 10101110101 1111110 111101010 110011100 11011111 110010110 0100101110 01110101 00100101010 110011111 1111110111 111111111 1011101000 111110101 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 866
  • Average number of words per stanza: 173
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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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