This is an analysis of Pleasures Of Imagination, The by Mark Akenside.

BOOK I
With what attractive charms this goodly frame…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcddeXXfgceXadhadhhidcbhgihafd jkbjahgdgjgeXciiXheXaidk
  • Stanza lengths: 1,30,24,
  • Metre: 11 0101010101 0101000101 0101110101 1101010101 0101010101 1101011101 0100011111 1111010111 11010100101 0101000101 0101110101 11011010101 1101001101 1101010101 1011010101 1101000101 1111101101 0101010001 1101000101 1101010001 1101011011 01010001101 0101111101 0101000101 0011110110 01001100101 10101111101 0101110001 0101010111 01010010101 1111010101 0101010001 0101011101 1111010101 1101010001 1101000101 1101011101 01010101001 0111110111 0101010101 0101110001 11010011101 010101111010 10110010111 01001101101 0111101101 00101011101 0111010001 11011101001 0111011111 010010101001 01010010101 0101000101 001100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

of, his

Anaphora

of, the, than