This is an analysis of Ode Xiv: To The Honourable Charles Townshend: From The Country by Mark Akenside.
I.
Say, Townshend, what can London boast…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbcbbc XddeXXe XccafXa Xbbcccc aggffff ahhibbi Xjjdiid XccckkX
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 1 11111101 01110101 010101 1010001001 11010001 110101 1 11110101 010101001 011101 11110110 01110101 110101 1 111111010 1001001010 110101 11110101 011011100 111101 1 11011101 110010101 111101 1110101 11110101 011101 1 10011101 110101001 1101010 11011001 11010101 11110010 1 111100101 01011101 111101 11010011 11011101 111101 1 111110001 01110101 010101 100101001 01101101 110011 1 0111101 01010101 010101 110010101 11011111 110110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
or
Anaphora
nor, or, and
