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

The Judge looked down, his face was grim,
He scratched his ear;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX cdcddXdX ededfffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 1101 01011111 0101 11110101 0101 11110101 11110 01110011 1101 11110111 1101 11011110 11011 10011111 11010 01110101 1111 10110101 1101 11011101 1101 11110101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Judgement;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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