This is an analysis of November by John Keble.

Red o’er the forest peers the setting sun;
The line of yellow light dies fast away…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede fdfd bdbdXacac
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1101010101 0101011101 1101011111 1101010101 10101010101 11010101001 1101110111 1001011101 1101011101 11110011101 1111010001 0111011111 1111110111 01011010101 01110001001 1101010101 11010101001 0101010101 1100010101 11100101001 1100011101 11011110001 0111110111 1011010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

they, and, in, of

Anaphora

and, no