Unless you're talking about the fade-out of "Hey Jude," no one likes repeating the same thing again and again and again. No one likes it. Repeating things again and again is boring and nobody likes it. "Except for the fade-out of Hey Jude." Except for that, nobody likes it. Repeating the same thing again and—

Okay, we're done.

However, repetition does make the Treaty of Ghent easier to understand. The middle section of the treaty repeats a lot of the same ideas that are initially stated in Article Four.

Article Four lays out the basic rules for the arbitration committees: each country gets to appoint one Commissioner, each Commissioner must submit a report to their home country, and in the event of disagreement, a foreign nation's leader is the final judge.

Articles Five through Seven basically reiterate Article Four, applying its rules to different geographical areas. Issues covered in Five through Seven are to be addressed "in all respects as in the latter part of the fourth Article is contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated" (V.6). In other words, these articles are like the chorus of a song, with only slight variations.

We're not saying that the treaty is hummable, but you get the idea.