This is an analysis of Ode Xiii: To The Author Of Memoirs Of The House Of Brandenburgh by Mark Akenside.
I.
The men renown'd as chiefs of human race,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xababccdeed XfXfXffgeeg Xhihieeeffe XdbXbdXbjjb
- Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,11,
- Metre: 1 0101110101 1101010101 1101110101 0101110101 1011010111 11001101101 1111010110 111110011 1101010101 11100111001001 1 1111011011 1101010110 0110011101 1111000101 1001010101 01010000111 1101011101 1101001111 0111011101 110101010101 1 1101110101 1101011001 1101001101 0101010101 1111011101 11011100111 11010101010 1111010111 00100010001 0101011101010 1 1101010101 11110100101 11010001100 1011001101 11101010001 0101011110 01010101001 1111110001 1111010001 110101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
and, thy
Anaphora
as, ye, those
