This is an analysis of Ode Xv: To The Evening-Star by Mark Akenside.
I.
To-night retir'd the queen of heaven…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbaac Xdcdeec Xbbbffb XXgehhg aaiahhi adjdkkj Xcjcjjj XbkXbbk Xjjjjjj Xkckccc adkdggk Xlclffc Xibiccb
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 1 010101010 011001 110100010 01010101 11100101 010101 1 11010101 011101 11001101 01010101 11010101 010101 1 11011101 110101 11010101 010111001 11010111 010111 1 11011101 0101010 10111111 110100101 11010111 0100010 1 01011101 110101 11110101 11111111 11110101 110101 1 001100101 0100101 110100101 11110111 11110101 011101 1 11010101 1101001 11101001 010010111 110100101 110101 1 11110101 110111 101101100 11110101 11110101 110001 1 10111101 1000101 10011101 11110101 011010101 1000101 1 111100101 110101 11010111 01110101 01110101 0100101 1 10111111 000101 01010101 110101010 1101001010 010101 1 111010101 110101 11011101 11010101 11010101 110101 1 11011111 1100101 11010101 11001101 11010101 110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 91
Repeated words/phrases
how
Anaphora
the, what, how
