This is an analysis of A Debtor To Mercy Alone by Augustus Montague Toplady.
A debtor to mercy alone, of covenant mercy I sing;
Nor fear, with Thy righteousness on, my person and off’ring to bring.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeXX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 0100100101001011 1101100111011001 0100110101111001 11001001111101001 0110100101001001 0100110111011001 1101111111101101 1110100111011001 1100100101000101 0110100101001001 1100110111101001 1101110101011001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
to, of, and, my, his, things
Epiphora
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