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

Take note, passers-by, of the sharp erosions
Eaten in my head-stone by the wind and rain --...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXXbdabeedXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11101001100 10011110111 111010100100110 0101011 100111011100 10110101010010 010101010101 11010010 1111111101 111010001 010001 1011010101 10110110100 11110 1100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 605
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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 The Circuit Judge;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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