This is an analysis of Ode On A Sermon Against Glory by Mark Akenside.

Come then, tell me, sage divine,
Is it an offence to own…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccc dadaeebbX
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,
  • Metre: 1111101 0011001 11101001 01010101 10111110 10110010 1110101 1100101 110101000101 0011101 00110110 1011101 11101110 11111011 10111011 111001010 11001010 110101110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

me

Anaphora

so

Epiphora

me