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

My desires are many and my cry is pitiful,
but ever didst thou save me by hard refusals; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX aXb bacXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101110100 110111111010 101101010011111 11111101100010 111110011000110101010 11011010100100010 1111110010 111101011001011 110110100011 11111101100110101 01011011010101001010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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