This is an analysis of Ode Viii: On Leaving Holland by Mark Akenside.
I 1.
Farewell to Leyden's lonely bound,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xababcdcdc Xefefgfgfe Xhihiaajhhj Xkekeaeaea Xididhahah Xhahaeghiih Xdldlcdcdc Xkdkdkkkkk XdkdXiicddc
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,11,10,10,11,10,10,11,
- Metre: 11 11010101 01010101 11010101 010100101 11010101 11000101 11010101 0101110101 110101010101 11 11010101 11010101 01010111 11110101 01001010 10011101 110101010 1101110101 111101110001 11 1111110101 1011000101 1101010101 1101010101 1101110001 0101010101 10010001101 1111000101 11011101 1111100101 11 11110101 11110111 10010101 11010101 11111101 11110101 11011111 1101010101 1101101010101 11 11110101 11110001 01111101 01111101 11101101 010010111 01110111 01110001001 1111010101101 11 1111011101 1101001101 1101110101 1101110001 10010010011 11100001010 11110100111 1101010001 01010101 010100100101 11 11100011 01010101 010100101 01010101 1100101001 11010101 01000101 0101010101 1101011111001 11 110001001 01010101 11010101 110100101 11010011 01010111 11010101 11110101001 111101110101 11 10110100101 1101010101 1101010101 0101010110 11010010101 0101110101 0110101101 11110011101 01010101 1101111001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 93
Repeated words/phrases
my
Anaphora
when, ye, with, to, now, above, hence
