This is an analysis of A British Philippic by Mark Akenside.
Occasioned by the insults of the Spaniards, and the present preperations for war. 1738.
Whence this unwonted transport in my breast?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abbXcXXdXXdabeeeXecXaeXXXbcb
- Stanza lengths: 1,28,
- Metre: 0101001001010011000111 1010001011 1111110101 0101010101 0101011101 1101010101 01001100101 1101001101 1011010101 0100110100 11010101011 11010101001 010011001001 11011010101 01010111001 1011110101 0101110101 01010100111 1101010011 0101010101 010101010101 0101011101 11011011101 010011001001 1010010111 11010101001 1101100101 0101010101 010010001001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
of, to, i'll
Anaphora
i'll
Epiphora
now
