This is an analysis of Female Beauty by Mark Akenside.

Felices ter et amplius
Quos irrupta tenet Copula, nec malis…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1001110 110010100110 1001000 1001010101 1111011101 1101110101 11010101101 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8