This is an analysis of the poem Pleading For Mercy that begins with:

In mercy, not in wrath, rebuke
Thy feeble worm, my God!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac bcbc dede fgfg hdhd ijij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 110111 11011101 110111 11011111 011101 11110101 111101 11110101 010101 11011101 110101 11110011 111101 11111101 111101 11111101 111101 11111001 111101 101101001 011011 11011111 111101 11110001 111001 11010111 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, my are repeated.

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  • summary of Pleading For Mercy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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