Poem Analysis of Easter Eve by John Keble for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Easter Eve that begins with:

At length the worst is o'er, and Thou art laid
Deep in Thy darksome bed;... full text

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Rhyme scheme: aabbccaa aaddeeXf gghhiibX jjkkaaee bbhhiibb hhhheegg bbaaiiffXccffkkee
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: ballad stanza
Metre: 11010101111 101101 1111011101 110101 01111101101 010111 01110111101 1101010100101 1101101101 110101 10010101101 1101001 1011011101 010101 1111111100 1101001011101 10011110111 111101 11110101101 011111 1101111101 101101 11110110101 1001011101010 11111011010 0111010 1101110101 110111 1111011101 010101 11010110010 10001011101010 11010011101 0101001 1011011101 110101 1011111101 110101 11011101010 0111011101010 1111100101 110101 1001011111 110101 11010010101 001101 1001010101 0101001110111 1111111101 010101 1111000111 0101001 1101010111 100101 0101011111 1100111110011 10001111111 0101001 1001010101 010101 1111110111 1001101 1100111111 000101110111
Amount of stanzas: 8
Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
Average number of words per stanza: 58
Amount of lines: 64
Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, with, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, for are repeated.

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