This is an analysis of Ode Ii: To Sleep by Mark Akenside.
I.
Thou silent power, whose welcome sway…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabbbbbcbX Xddebbecccc Xddcddcfafa Xffgccgchch aiiabbajdjd aggkXXkcbcb
- Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,11,11,11,
- Metre: 1 110101101 110010101 010101001 11110111 10010101 1101010101 1101110101 1011110101 111101101 0111011100101 1 11100101 11011111 01011101 01110101 01110101 1101000101 11010101010 11001011101 1101010101 110101010101 1 11110101 010111001 01010111 10011101 10010101 1101010101 11011101001 11010010101 1111010101 101101111101 1 11110101 11110101 01010101 01010101 010010101 1101001001 1111110101 11110101001 0101010101 010101110101 1 11110111 01011001 110111001 11101101 101100101 1111010101 1101010101 0101010101 01001011101 0101010010101 1 11011101 11000101 11110101 10010111 01110101 01110001001 1111100101 1111010101 1101001101 10010010010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 66
Repeated words/phrases
nor
Anaphora
with, no, not, nor, the
Anadiplosis
god
