This is an analysis of Inscriptions: Ii: For A Statue Of Chaucer At Woodstock by Mark Akenside.

Such was old Chaucer. such the placid mien
Of him who first with harmony inform'd…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXcXbdXabcdb
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 1111010101 0111010001 0100110111 11001011101 1101110101 1101111101 0101110111 0101010001 0101010101 01010110111 1001010101 1101001101 0101010101 1110010101 0101000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

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