This is an analysis of St. John Baptist's Day by John Keble.
Twice in her season of decay
The fallen Church hath felt Elijah's eye…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabba cdcdbbd eXefggf afafccf bgbgddg babadda hihicci dddXhXd ccccjjc
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 10010001 0101111001 10010101 1101001101 0101 1101 11110111 10111101 11001111101 11011101 0111011101 1011 0111 10010101 110001001 11010010010010 01000101 1011000101 1101 0101 11010111 10011101 0101010101 10011100 11011101001 1011 1111 11111111 11001101 1101110101 11111101 1101011001 1101 0101 010100101 11111101 0110011101 11011001 1001111111 1101 0111 11010001 10010101 0101010101 01010101 1101010101 1101 0111 10110101 11010111 0101010001 11110101 01111111000 01101 0110 11011101 110011101 1111010111 110010101 1101010111 1101 01001 11011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 63
Anaphora
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