This is an analysis of Palm Sunday by John Keble.

Ye whose hearts are beating high
With the pulse of Poesy,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcdcdbbeedfXf bbgghhhX eeiicjcj jjggfefe ggiiabXb
  • Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1111101 001010 1011101 11100101 1110111 0010111 1010011 1011111 1010011 1111111 1111101 1111101 1110101 0100101 11111001 1010111 1011111 1110111 1010101 1010111 10110111 1011111 11101011 1011010 11100101 0111101 1110111 10111001 1010101 1011001 1110111 1110101 1110101 11111001 11010101 01011001 1001101 10111010 11101101 011101010 11000101 01010011 111101101 10111101 1110100 110001 1110100 0010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 48