This is an analysis of the poem Go Not Far From Me, O My God that begins with:

Go not far from me, O my God,
Whom all my times obey;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXB cdcdbd abXbXb bbXbXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 111101 10110111 111101 11011111 101101 11010101 010101 10111101 111111 1101111 011100 11110101 111111 11110101 010111 10110101 010111 11011111 010111 11010101 111101 11011111 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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