This is an analysis of the poem Trial By Jury that begins with:

DRAMATIS PERSONAE
THE LEARNED JUDGE... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdceadf Xf g hhhijjji e e ggffFF g FF X ggffFF J ggffFF J d d ekXdld g kaa kkmkm fh mkmn D lolododom gogopopom X fefeqdqdnrRrR g s ff s g bkbkT omomT b oobb bLLLLmmmmbd b iaia lala j gagakekE j okokoeoX j fafafkfk j XekEobob j BLBLbbbLuLuLuXuL Xg T a
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,2,1,8,1,1,6,1,2,1,6,1,6,1,1,1,6,1,3,5,2,4,1,9,9,1,13,1,1,2,1,1,5,5,1,4,11,1,4,4,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,16,2,1,1,1,2,4,1,4,1,1,2,1,2,1,1,10,3,1,1,10,4,1,1,11,1,2,1,2,1,6,2,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,3,2,3,2,2,2,5,1,1,12,1,1,12,1,1,1,2,9,1,1,2,2,3,2,2,1
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 011 010 0010 101010 10 100010 0100 111 1010101000101100 010 10 101001010 10101110 10101010 10111 10100010 10101010 10110010 10001 1010 1110 11001101 11010100 111101 01010101 010101001 010101 10 010101001 010101 10101011000100010 1011000101 01010001 010101 10000101 010101001 010101 1001011100 1011010101 01000101 010101 11111101 010101001 010101 1001011100 10010 10010 000100110 100 010010101110 110100010 1111 01000010 1001001011 1011100 1010 1110 0101111011 11101010 1011001 10100110 1101001 010100100110111001 11110100 1010101 10100010 1101001 11111111 1010 11111111 1101001 11010111 110111 11110100 010001 11011111 110111 101101 11010101 110101 11010101 100111 01010111 111111 11110101 010111 101101 100100010100 11111101 010110010 101101001 111010110 01001001 110010010 11111001 010000010 111101 010001 1011001011 10111011 1011001011 1100101 101011 1001110101 0111010101 10111 10 1111 0111 1101 0101 11 1101 1101 1100 0101 11 101 1111011111 0101010101 1100011101 1111110001 11111110001 11111 11111 11111 11111 1111 1111 1111 10010111 1111110001 1010011001 11 110111001 111011110 11111011001 1100010 101011001001 1011110010 01001101011 101111010 10010011100 1111011101 101001010 11111011101 001001010 11111001110 11001110 11101001010 1001010 10111011100 1010101101 101011010 101100101111 1010110110 1111001011 10010111010 1110111101 0010010110 10111011100 10101010101 0111010 110011111 101011010 11111101 0111010 110010101 00110010 101100101100 111101111010 11001110 1111011010 1001010 0101011001 1100010 1101101001 01010010 10110111100 111001 110011 111001 110011 1111101 1110101 1111101 110011 110000110101 110011 10110101 110011 10010001 1110101 1010101 110011 101011011010110 101 1010 11010 10110011 1010100101111100 100 1010111101 11010101 11111111 11011101 1010111011100 01001101 10110101 11011101 11 110011 1010 10010 10101 1010 1001011001 00100010 10011 10011 101010 10101 101010 11101 111110 11101 101010 11101 1010111 1001111 011010011001111 001110111101000 1100010 1010 1110 1001010 11101 110010 10101 111010 10101 101010 10101 1011111 1110101 011010101010100 1001010010101 11110010110 100100011000010 10011 1010101100 11101010 1110101 1111000101 01010111011111 111 1010111 01101110 101001000101111 111010 101001101001 1010 101111011111 11101110110 111111 1010110 10111 1000010 10010 00101010 1010101 11101010 1011011 10101010 11100010 110101010 11100010 1011011011011 1011100010 1000101 10101010 10101001 10111011 10111011 11011100 10101110010 1001001 1000101 10111001 10101011 1010110 1111010111100 1010111010 1010101 10101010 1000101 10100011 10111010 1101001100 1001011 11110111 101111111 10110100010111010 10011010101 101100101 111010 0101 1001110 0111 11101001001 101011010 0101 110111010 11010 0101 1011010100 1100 10100 10110 0111 11101111011110 101 1011110 0101 110110 0101 101011010 10101110 10111010 1010100 1 101001 1010 11001011 1111111010 01001101 110010010 01001001 011011010 01001011 1111111010 01001011 110110010 11011001 111110010 111010110010 0100101100 11011011 100010010 11001001 010010010 101001001 010111010 11101001 010010010 10111001 00001010 11001001 1110010010 111010101 10101011100 101 11010001010 0111110101 10 1101101010 010111010 010011 00101010 01100010 10101001 01011101 11101110 111010 10 101010111 111111 1011010101 111100 0100101 01010111 011100 1010111101 01110 101010111 111111 01101010 1001011000 111111010010 11011001 111010010010 11111001 111010111010 11101001 110010110010 01001011 1111 01001001000 111010011010 01001001 011110011110 11101011 011000111010 11001101 011010111010 01001011 101111 1101100010010110 1001010 101101010 1001010 010101110 101010 101 01010001010 1111000101 11110111110 1111010011 100101 1110 101110 0101110 10101 1110 1100111001 10101011 10101011 1111111 1110101 10011010 11111010 10101010 11011010 1110101 1010011 1110101011010 0010 010 1011010 01010 01010 0111 1001010 11110 01010 0111 01011010 11010 01010 0101 1001011 01111 01011 10011 111101 110011 111101 110011 1110111 1011101 1010001 110011 11010001 110111 11010001 110111 11010001 1011001 1110001 110011 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 158
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 476
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, ha, trial, la, law, tell, how, judge, in, i, very, and, jury, kneel, it, to, never, cheer, up, object, snob are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, my, and, comes, i, in are repeated.

    The author used the same word defendant at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines usher, defendant, law, judge, how, speak, try, bridesmaids, plaintiff, dog, him, pay, object, you, sir are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words usher, defendant, tank, hail, judge, bridesmaids, plaintiff, deriding, pay, object at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase judge connects the lines.

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