This is an analysis of the poem Weary In Well-Doing that begins with:

I would have gone; God bade me stay:
I would have worked; God bade me rest.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXa bcbcb aXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11111111 11111111 11100101 111101000 1101 11111111 11111111 11111011 11010111 1101 11111101 11011111 11111000 11110111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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