This is an analysis of The Complaint by Mark Akenside.

AWAY! away!
Tempt me no more, insidious Love:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccb adadccd cecedde
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,
  • Metre: 0101 111101001 1101 10110101 11110001 11111101 0111110101 1111 01010101 0101 11001101 010101001 110101101 1101011011 11001 110001011 0101 01110101 11100111 11000111 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 23

Anaphora

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