Analysis of All's Well!

William Arthur Dunkerley 1852 (Manchester) – 1941 (Worthing)



Is the pathway dark and dreary?
God's in His heaven!
Are you broken, heart-sick, weary?
God's in His heaven!
Dreariest roads shall have an ending,
Broken hearts are for God's mending.
All's well! All's well!
All's ... well!

Are life's threads all sorely tangled?
God's in His heaven!
Are the sweet chords strained and jangled?
God's in His heaven!
Tangled threads are for Love's fingers,
Trembling chords make heaven's sweet singers.
All's well! All's well!
All's ... well!

Is the burden past your bearing?
God's in His heaven!
Hopeless?--Friendless?--No one caring?
God's in His heaven!
Burdens shared are light to carry,
Love shall come though long He tarry.
All's well! All's well!
All's ... well!

Is the light for ever failing?
God's in His heaven!
Is the faint heart ever quailing?
God's in His heaven!
God's strong arms are all around you,
In the dark He sought and found you.
All's well! All's well!
All's ... well!

Is the future black with sorrow?
God's in His heaven!
Do you dread each dark to-morrow?
God's in His heaven!
Nought can come without His knowing.
Come what may 'tis His bestowing.
All's well! All's well!
All's ... well!

Peace and heaven lie all about us.
God's in His heaven!
Peace within makes heaven without us.
God's in His heaven!
God's great love shall fail us never,
We are His, and His for ever.
All's well! All's well!
All's ... well!


Scheme aBaBccDD eBeBffDD cBcBaaDD cBcBggDD hBhBccDD iBiBjjDD
Poetic Form
Metre 1011010 10110 11101110 10110 1111110 10111110 1111 11 11111010 10110 10111010 10110 10111110 1001110110 1111 11 10101110 10110 1011110 10110 10111110 11111110 1111 11 10111010 10110 1011101 10110 11111011 00111011 1111 11 10101110 10110 11111110 10110 11101110 11111010 1111 11 101011011 10110 101110011 10110 11111110 11101110 1111 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,333
Words 239
Sentences 57
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 48
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 168
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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