Analysis of St. Johns Day
John Keble 1792 (Fairford) – 1866 (Bournemouth)
"Lord, and what shall this man do?"
Ask'st thou, Christian, for thy friend?
If his love for Christ be true,
Christ hath told thee of his end:
This is he whom God approves,
This is he whom Jesus loves.
Ask not of him more than this,
Leave it in his Saviour's breast,
Whether, early called to bliss,
He in youth shall find his rest,
Or armed in his station wait
Till his Lord be at the gate:
Whether in his lonely course
(Lonely, not forlorn) he stay,
Or with Love's supporting force
Cheat the toil, and cheer the way:
Leave it all in His high hand,
Who doth hearts as streams command.
Gales from Heaven, if so He will,
Sweeter melodies can wake
On the lonely mountain rill
Than the meeting waters make.
Who hath the Father and the Son,
May be left, but not alone.
Sick or healthful, slave or free,
Wealthy, or despised and poor -
What is that to him or thee,
So his love to Christ endure?
When the shore is won at last,
Who will count the billows past?
Only, since our souls will shrink
At the touch of natural grief,
When our earthly loved ones sink,
Lend us, Lord, Thy sure relief;
Patient hearts, their pain to see,
And Thy grace, to follow Thee.
Scheme | ABABXX CDCDEE FGFGHH IJIJXX KXKXLL MNMNKK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111 11110111 1111111 1111111 1111101 1111101 1111111 110111 1010111 1011111 1101101 1111101 1001101 1010111 1110101 1010101 1110111 1111101 11101111 1010011 1010101 1010101 11010001 1111101 1110111 1010101 1111111 1111101 1011111 1110101 10110111 10111001 11010111 1111101 1011111 0111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,145 |
Words | 223 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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