This is an analysis of Burial by John Keble.
And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her, and said unto
her, Weep not. And He came and touched the bier; and they that…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabX cdccd ecddc fgccg hhffh agccg gfbbf iaaaa hXjjX ahaah dgkkg cfeef cijji calla
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 11011011010101110 0111111101111 11111111111101 0111111 11010101 101101 01110101 11010101 010010101 11110101 110111 011100111 111100111 110100101 11110101 010101 01010101 11111111 11011101 11010111 010101 01010111 110011101 11011101 11111101 110111 010100101 10110001 11111001 10010101 111101 010101001 01010111 11011111 101110101 101101 11010111 01011111 11000101 11010111 0100110 101010101 11010101 1101111100 01111111 011111 100011101 11011101 11111111 11011101 010101 110111011 11110101 11010101 11010111 111111 11111111 11010101 11010111 11110101 111001 11111101 1000100111 101011101 11001101 011111 01100111 11111101 10011111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 69
Repeated words/phrases
and, her, he, to
Anaphora
with, the