This is an analysis of Amoret by Mark Akenside.

If rightly tuneful bards decide,
If it be fix'd in Love's decrees,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc cdcdee bfbfgg hghgii
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 01010101 00010101 11011001 110101001 11111101 11110001 01110101 11010001 11110101 110100001 11110101 11010111 110101010 01111101 110110010 11110111 110010001 01110011 010101001 01010101 01010011 11110101 11010101 11000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

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