Analysis of Affected Indifference - To The Same; Ode IV
Mark Akenside 1721 (Newcastle upon Tyne) – 1770
Yes; you contemn the perjur'd maid
Who all your favorite hopes betray'd:
Nor, though her heart should home return,
Her tuneful tongue it's falsehood mourn,
Her winning eyes your faith implore,
Would you her hand receive again,
Or once dissemble your disdain,
Or listen to the syren's theme,
Or stoop to love: since now esteem
And confidence, and friendship, is no more.
Yet tell me, Phaedra, tell me why,
When summoning your pride you try
To meet her looks with cool neglect,
Or cross her walk with slight respect,
(For so is falsehood best repaid)
Whence do your cheeks indignant glow?
Why is your struggling tongue so slow?
What means that darkness on your brow?
As if with all her broken vow
You meant the fair apostate to upbraid?
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1110101 111100101 11011101 0101111 01011101 11010101 11010101 1101011 11111101 0100010111 1111111 11001111 11011101 11011101 1111101 11110101 111100111 11110111 11110101 110101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 715 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 578 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 129 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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