This is an analysis of Ode Vii: On The Use Of Poetry by Mark Akenside.
I.
Not for themselves did human kind…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacca Xccdbbd Xeefddf Xggbbbb ahhaeea aiijggj Xggiddi
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 1 11010101 010111001 111101 1101111 110101001 010101 1 11010101 11110101 010101 11110101 11010101 010111 1 11110101 11010001 0101010 11010101 10010101 1110110 1 11010101 10010001 110101 11010101 11010101 110001 1 01010101 11000101 110101 111101001 1100001001 111101 1 11110101 11010101 110101 11010101 110101001 111101 1 111111001 10100101001 010101 10110101 11010101 111001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 49
Anaphora
and, who, nor
