This is an analysis of the poem Roy Butler that begins with:

If the learned Supreme Court of Illinois
Got at the secret of every case...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXaaabXbbcbbXXbXcXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010110101 1101001001 111010101 0100101001 01001010010010 11011100110 111010110 101111101001 111110110 1010100101011101 10111000101 1010111110110 0100100100101 1110110110 111110110 110110101 10111111100 1101010 11111101 111011111 1100011111 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 926
  • Average number of words per stanza: 180
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

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