Ode On A Sermon Against Glory by Mark Akenside: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ode On A Sermon Against Glory that begins with:

Come then, tell me, sage divine,
Is it an offence to own ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccc dadaeebbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 0011001 11101001 01010101 10111110 10110010 1110101 1100101 110101000101 0011101 00110110 1011101 11101110 11111011 10111011 111001010 11001010 110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word so is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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