This is an analysis of Inscriptions: Iv: O Youths And Virgins by Mark Akenside.
O youths and virgins: o declining eld:
O pale misfortune's slaves: o ye who dwell…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXabXbcdcbbaXaccdXccX
- Stanza lengths: 21,
- Metre: 1111010101 11100011111 0101010111 0111010101 1101110111 1111011011 0101110101 1111011111 01111100101 1101111101 0101000101 0101010111 0101110101 1101001101 0100110111 01000100111 10110011001 11010010101 11001010111 11010101001 10110101010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 21
Repeated words/phrases
o, of
Anaphora
o
