This is an analysis of the poem Mrs. Merritt that begins with:

Silent before the jury,
Returning no word to the judge when he asked me...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcddcXbaXccedXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 010110011111 01110101010 101011 111101011 10100101111 10100111010 1011110110110 1001101101 11100110010110 101110010 1111111110 01111001011 101100010 101010101 110111010 10110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 656
  • Average number of words per stanza: 128
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 Mrs. Merritt;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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