Analysis of Mercy
How long must I fail?
How much love must I love?
How long must pain endure?
How long before I can choose?
Before I am eligible for mercy.
How many battles fought and lost?
How long must my memories cry?
How long must the screaming last?
How many years of death do I die?
Before I am eligible for mercy.
How much darkers will the darkness get?
How empty will my soul become?
How much more useless clutter in my life?
How will I remember singing sung?
Before I am eligible for mercy.
Again, my heart thirsts.
Again, there is no light.
Again, emptiness is routine.
Again, I exist only in the night.
How long before the mercy?
| Scheme | xxxaB cdcdB xxxxB aexeb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 111111 111101 1101111 01111000110 11010101 11111001 1110101 110111111 01111000110 11110101 11011101 1111010011 111010101 01111000110 01111 011111 01100101 0110110001 1101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 603 |
| Words | 118 |
| Sentences | 20 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on April 11, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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