This is an analysis of Churching Of Women by John Keble.

Is there, in bowers of endless spring,
One known from all the seraph band…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc deXeff dgdghh dfdfcc ihihbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 0101001001 11010101 11011111 111001 1111010101 010001011101 1011001001 11001111 1010101010 1001001 0011010111 1001010111111 11010011 01111111 10110101 101101 011010011110 11001110101010 010011101 11011111 11111101 110111 1101000101 110101001101 11111111 01011101 11110101 1101011 1101000111 0101101011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 30