This is an analysis of Ode Xi: To The Country Gentlemen Of England by Mark Akenside.
I.
Whither is Europe's ancient spirit fled?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbcddeXXe XfXXgffbbbb Xhfhfbbahha Xfcfcddgggg aadaXeebbbb aigigffgbbg XdfdffXbjjb Xcjcjffgffg Xdgdgggebbe kXbXbllcbbc afafagggffg XbaXaeebccb Xglglkkhcch Xdcdcaadjjd Xgcgchhgbbg XfXfbbbbjXb Xgjgjffciic
- Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,
- Metre: 1 1001010101 1111010001 10010010111 1011010111 1011011101 1101000101 1001010101 11010101010 10110110010 1101001110001 1 11110101001 01010001010 0101100010010 1101010101 1111010111 11011111011 01010101101 1111011101 1101010111 110100010001 1 11010010101 1101110001 1101011101 0101111101 1101110101 0111000101 1111010101 0101011111 0101000101 010011010001 1 1111111011 1100110101 11001010011 11001110111 11000100101 1101010011 1101010101 1111001101 1101011101 100101111011 1 1111110101 11010111001 0111010111 0101001011 1101110001 11110111001 1110011101 1111000111 0111111101 0011010101001 1 1111011101 11110010101 1101010101 0101010101 0111011101 0100101001 11110011001 100110100101 01001110101 111101100101 1 1011010011 010010100111 1001010101 0111110101 1101010101 1100011101 1101001101 0101111101 0101011101 111101011101 1 11110101001 1010111101 1111011101 1101010101 1101010101 0101000101 11010101010 1101110101 0111011101 01100101010110 1 111101001 0101010101 011100001001 01001010101 1111010101 1011010001 0101001101 01001100101 01000110101 111001110011 1 1101000011 0101010111 1101011110 0101010001 1100011101 1101010011 1101010101 1111000101 0101011111 101101010101 1 1101010101 010100100001 1011010101 1111000101 0101000111 110011101001 11001010101 0111010101 1101110111 1100001110001 1 11110010101 0011110111 11010101100 11011010101 1101101001 0111110101 0101010111 111110101 11010010101 111101010011 1 1111110101 1101010101 1011011101 1101111101 0111001101 1111011101 1101011100 11010101001 1001010001 0111011101101 1 11110001001 1001011101 0111001001 01001110111 01010011001 0101011101 0101010111 1101011111 1011010111 110111010101 1 1101111101 1111001101 11011000001 11100110101 1001110101 0101010101 1101010001 0011110101 0101010101 110101110101 1 11010101001 1101011101 11110111001 1101010001 1011110101 1101110111 0101010101 11110110111 110101101010 111101111111 1 1001011101 1100101101 01111101001 11010010101 1101010101 11001110101 0101010011 1101010101 1111010101 110101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 187
Repeated words/phrases
to, of, thy, your, their, by
Anaphora
and, ye, of, the, or, that, though, why, such
Anadiplosis
love
