This is an analysis of the poem God's Mercy that begins with:
A form stood by her in the night,
A human presence near her... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccbddeffegg ehheaaXggbhihiddiiiijjXggijjikkiaia aXiiXhhjalXlfdfdhhgiig mgmgcgcgXicX Xbab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,35,22,12,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110001 0101010 111101001 01110101 1111010 11010101 11010101 1101010 01111101 11011100 0101010 11011101 11010111 0101110 110101011 10010111 1101010 110110101 11010111 1101010 101010111 1001101 0101110 11011101 1111010 010101101 1111010 11110111 11010111 0100010 01010101 11011101 0101110 11010101 01111101 0101110 11010101 01011101 11100010 01111001 11110111 0101010 11110111 01010001 01011100 01010101 11011101 01010111 11011101 10010100 10111111 11011101 010100 11011111 11111111 011101 110111101 010101 1011110101 1000101 11010101 110111 01010111 010111 01010101 01100101 0100111 01011101 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 10010101 010001 11000101 010111 11010101 110101 1011110101 0101010 1010101101 11101010 11010100 0101110 11110111 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 559
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 86
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; thy, her, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, that, the, i are repeated.
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- summary of God's Mercy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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