Half a score is ten

A winter evening in Väinölänniemi.
Your aid I want, nine trees to plant
In rows just half a score;
And let there be in each row three.
Solve this: I ask no more.
From ‘Rational Amusements for Winter Evenings’ by John Jackson, 1821.
October 27th, 2008 at 4:14 am
Here’s where I see if the “pre” tag works the way it did before.
[pre]
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October 27th, 2008 at 4:18 am
Nope. OK then, stars represent trees, and dots are solely for spacing.
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October 29th, 2008 at 2:38 am
Try using less than ()
October 29th, 2008 at 2:40 am
Oops…
Try using the less than and greater than symbols instead of square brackets.