To Cordelia by Mark Akenside: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To Cordelia that begins with:

JULY, 1740.
From pompous life's dull masquerade,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbcacdccedefggcfchXbfhffggifi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,30,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 01011101 010011101 11100101 011111001 01010001 0101100101 100110001 11110101 01010101 11010101 11011101 0101010101 01111001 01010101 11100111 011100111 11010101 1101010101 11010101 110111010 110100111 11000101 110100101 1111011011 11110101 11111101 11100101 01111001 10110101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 559
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, the, what, o are repeated.

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  • summary of To Cordelia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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