This is an analysis of Ode Xvi: To Caleb Hardinge, M.D. by Mark Akenside.
I.
With sordid floods the wintry Urn…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbbbaacddc Xacaceecbbc Xdadaffcbbc Xfgfgffahha aeheXbbhXXh
- Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,11,11,
- Metre: 1 01010101 11110101 0101011 11000101 110111001 01010111 01101101 11010001 111101001 010101 1 01010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01110101 010100101 11110101 01010101 110101 1 11111001 01010001 11110001 01110101 10110111 11110001 010010101 11111101 11010101 0100101 1 11010111 11010111 11010101 111110001 10110111 10011111 10010101 11010101 11010111 111101 1 11010101 111001101 11010101 01010010 11011101 10011101 11010101 01010001 11010010 110001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 55
Anaphora
no, nor, what