This is an analysis of St. Matthew by John Keble.
Ye hermits blest, ye holy maids,
The nearest Heaven on earth,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababaacc deXeffcc fgfghhff didijjjj jdjdXakk djdjeehh kjkjeell jajaddgXXghgaggee
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 11011101 0101011 110101001 101111 01110101 01010101 0100110111 010001110111 11010111 1010101 1101111100 110111 11111101 00111101 0111011111 011101001101 110101011 110101 11011101 111101 10111111 100010100 1101010101 111101110101 11001101 010111 01010001 0110101 11010011 110111001 10110101001 011101010101 11000111 110101 01010101 011101 01011100 11111101 1101011101 101100010101 11111101 010101 01111101 110101 11010101 11110101 01110101111 110001110001 11110101 1110001 10110011 010101 11011101 10110111 1111011101 110111010101 11011101 110101 11110101 010111 110111111 11000101 10110101110 101111111010100 110101101 110101 11110101 111101 011101011 01010111 1111011101 110101101111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
to, their, his, and, of
Anaphora
the
