Analysis of On The Supreme Court
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
On the Supreme Court
Nine black robes of justice
Seated as Council
By Congressional ruling.
By their just proclamation.
On the Supreme Court
Nine black robes of justice.
Just this…required,
Without causing injury…
And by jury of their peers.
On the Supreme Court
Nine black robes dispense justice
On The Peoples Court.
To represent pure justice…
Of, for, and by The People.
On the Supreme Court
Justice needs to be supreme.
Free from politics.
A nonpartisan effort.
It often fails supremely.
On the Supreme Court
Nine black robes dispense justice.
Sometimes suspend it.
Keeping us all in suspense
That Truth May be held suspect.
On the Supreme Court
Nine black robes dispense justice.
Dispense prescriptions
That either heal or poison…
A checkered courtly record.
On the Supreme Court
Justice is robed in clothing.
Adorned in black robes…
Masking its inner whiteness.
Though masked, by time, still revealed.
On the Supreme Court
Nine black robes dispense justice.
Sometimes injustice.
Emperors with black robing,
Covering up Naked Truth.
On the Supreme Court
Nine black robes of justice.
Just this —required…
Without causing injury
And with jury of their peers.
On the Supreme Court
Nine black robes of justice.
Just that —required…
History serves as a witness
Just that —requires wisdom.
On the Supreme Court
Wisdom has her own vestments.
Neither black nor white.
She is robed with true justice
As servant of her nation.
On the Supreme Court
Nine black robes of justice
Need to Court Wisdom.
Her vestments are The People.
She serves them first and foremost.
| Scheme | ABcde ABfGh ABabc Axxxg ABxxx ABxex Adxbx ABxdx ABfGh ABfbi Abxbe ABicx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 10011 111110 10110 1010010 111010 10011 111110 11010 0110100 0110111 10011 1110110 10101 101110 1101010 10011 1011101 1110 0010010 11010100 10011 1110110 01011 1011001 1111101 10011 1110110 01010 1101110 0101001 10011 1011010 01011 1011010 1111101 10011 1110110 01010 100111 1001101 10011 111110 11010 0110100 0110111 10011 111110 11010 10011010 1101010 10011 101011 10111 1111110 1101010 10011 111110 11110 011010 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 1,602 |
| Words | 312 |
| Sentences | 31 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 60 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH: First created in 1789, the United States Supreme Court’s role in the U. S. Justice System, while importantly vital to the enforcement of America’s federal laws, statutes, governance, and its Constitution, is full of complexities, having a checkered civil rights history, with nine men and women in black robes not always dispensing justice that is unanimously acknowledged by the nation and its citizenry as justice; sometimes ‘getting it right’ and at other times sometimes failing miserably to do so. This tanka poem is a recording of that story, with all details spared (no need to state the obvious), as a precipitous drop in approval and confidence of SCOTUS seems to be on the March in the 21st century. May God bless this nation and its people. more »
Written on September 28, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on September 28, 2022
Modified by karlcfolkes on September 30, 2022
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