Analysis of Blest are the pure in heart
John Keble 1792 (Fairford) – 1866 (Bournemouth)
Blest are the pure in heart,
For they shall see our God;
The secret of the Lord is theirs;
Their soul is Christ’s abode.
The Lord, Who left the heavens
Our life and peace to bring,
To dwell in lowliness with men
Their Pattern and their King.
Still to the lowly soul
He doth Himself impart;
And for His dwelling and His throne
Chooseth the pure in heart.
Lord, we Thy presence seek;
May ours this blessing be;
Give us a pure and lowly heart,
A temple meet for Thee.
| Scheme | AXXX XBXB XAXA XCAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 110101 1111101 01010111 111101 0111010 1010111 110111 110011 110101 110101 01110011 10101 111101 1101101 11010101 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 459 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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