This is an analysis of Yet Do I Marvel by Countee Cullen.

I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind
And did He stoop to quibble could tell why…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcddaaee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111001101 1011010111 0101010101 1111011111 1101010100 0101010101 0101011100 0101010101 0100011101 0101010111 0101010101 1101010101 11110101001 0101011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14