This is an analysis of Ode Viii: If Rightly Tuneful Bards Decide by Mark Akenside.
I.
If rightly tuneful bards decide,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbcdX Xdedeff Xcgcgaa Xgbgbcc ahahaii
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 1 01010101 00010101 11011001 110101001 11111101 11110010 1 01110101 11010001 11110101 110100001 11110101 11010111 1 110101010 01111101 111110010 11110111 110010001 01110011 1 11010011 11110101 11010101 11010001 110100101 11000101 1 010101001 01010101 01100011 11110101 11010101 11000101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 35
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
if, this