Poem Analysis of Ode X: To The Muse by Mark Akenside for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Ode X: To The Muse that begins with:

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Queen of my songs, harmonious maid,... full text

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Rhyme scheme: Xaabbbbccc Xaaddeefff XXXccbbfff
Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1 101101001 11110111 11010111 00110101 10010101 01110101 110101001 01011101 1111001001 1 11010101 110100101 11010101 10111101 1101001010 011101010 100101001 01010111 0111010101 1 110011101 010100110 11011101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11111101 11010101 1111010001
Amount of stanzas: 3
Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
Average number of words per stanza: 58
Amount of lines: 30
Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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Ode X: To The Muse by Mark Akenside: poem analysis

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