This is an analysis of The Annunciation Of The Blessed Virgin by John Keble.

Oh! Thou who deign'st to sympathise
With all our frail and fleshly ties,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabccb ddeffe eegbbg ccecce ddebbe hhbiib ddfccf ccdjjd jjeaae cckllk
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11110100 01111101 101101 010101001 01010111 011111 11110101 11110001 110101 01010111 11011101 110111 110010101 11110101 1111010 11011111 101101101 0101110 11110101 11110101 111101 111011001 100110111 010101 11110101 11011101 1101110 11110101 11110111 1110110 01110001 11010101 110101 100011101 10010001 001101 1101011 10010101 110101 11011111 10110101 110101 11010101 01010101 100101 100011001 111101001 111101 11010111 11010111 111111 11111101 01110101 011111 10011111 01010101 110111 11011101 01011111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

her

Anaphora

thou