Analysis of Ode V: On Love Of Praise
Mark Akenside 1721 (Newcastle upon Tyne) – 1770
I.
Of all the springs within the mind
Which prompt her steps in fortune's maze,
From none more pleasing aid we find
Than from the genuine love of praise.
II.
Nor any partial, private end
Such reverence to the public bears;
Nor any passion, virtue's friend,
So like to virtue's self appears.
III.
For who in glory can delight
Without delight in glorious deeds?
What man a charming voice can slight,
Who courts the echo that succeeds?
IV.
But not the echo on the voice
More, than on virtue praise, depends;
To which, of course, it's real price
The judgment of the praiser lends.
V.
If praise then with religious awe
From the sole perfect judge be sought,
A nobler aim, a purer law
Nor priest, nor bard, nor sage hath taught.
VI.
With which in character the same
Tho' in an humbler sphere it lies,
I count that soul of human fame,
The suffrage of the good and wise.
Scheme | ABCBC ADXDX AEFEF GXHXH GXIXI AJKJK |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1 11010101 11010101 11110111 110100111 1 11010101 110010101 1101011 1111101 1 11010101 010101001 11010111 11010101 1 11010101 11110101 1111111 0101011 1 11110101 10101111 01010101 11111111 1 11010001 101100111 11111101 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 841 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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