This is an analysis of Hymn To Science by Mark Akenside.
Science! thou fair effusive ray
From the great source of mental day,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabccb ccaccX ccabba ddbaab bbedde ffghhg ggXggc ccbhhb aahbbh Xfdccd hhagga ggcddc iiffff iihcch ddebbeXggaaaa
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 10111001 00110101 1100101 01011101 10010101 111101 11011001 01110011 110101 01010101 01010101 010100 111100101 01010101 010011 111101001 11010101 110101 11011101 11010101 010111 10110101 11011101 010101 10110101 01010101 110101 01010101 10010111 111101 101100101 01010101 110101 11010001 111010001 110101 010111001 11010101 010101 11010001 10010101 010101 11110101 10110101 110101 10011001 11010101 010101 11011101 11111111 010101 01101101 011010101 110101 11011110 10010001 110101 01010011 010010101 010101 11010111 110010001 111101 11010001 11010101 110101 11110011 01011100 010101 110111010 110101010 010011 11010101 01010101 110111 11010011 11110101 11001001 11010101 11011101 110001 01010101 110100001 010001 01110101 10010101 011001 01110101 11111111 111111 10011101 11010101 110101 110001001 00110101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 16
- Lines: 96
Repeated words/phrases
her, its, and, my, of, how, their
Anaphora
the, which, and, its, still, hail
