Analysis of The Great Mercy
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
Betwixt the saddle and the ground
Was mercy sought and mercy found.
Yea, in the twinkling of an eye,
He cried; and Thou hast heard his cry.
Between the bullet and its mark
Thy face made morning in his dark.
And while the shell sang on its path
Thou hast run, Thou hast run, preventing death.
Thou hast run before and reached the goal,
Gathered to Thee the unhoused soul.
Thou art not bound by Time or Space:
So fast Death runs : Thou hast won the race.
Thou hast said to beaten Death: Go tell
Of victories thou once hadst. All's well!
Death, here none die but thee and Sin
Now the great days of Life begin.
And to the Soul: This day I rise
And thee with Me to Paradise.
Betwixt the saddle and the ground
Was Mercy sought and Mercy found.
Scheme | AA bb cc xx dd ee ff gg xx AA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01010001 11010101 100100111 11011111 01010011 11110011 01011111 1111110101 111010101 1011011 11111111 111111101 111110111 110011111 11111101 10111101 01011111 0111110 01010001 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 742 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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