This is an analysis of The Thief by Abraham Cowley.

Thou robb'st my days of business and delights,
Of sleep thou robb'st my nights ;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcdcaabbbbbeeffgggccddaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 28,
  • Metre: 1111010101 011111 11011111 1110101 100111101 11010100 0101110101 0001011011 11110101 1001110011 110101101 11101111 11111101 10111111101 0111110001 11110101 100111111 11110101 11101111 11110001 10110100101 1111011111 01010101 11011100 11110100 11010100 00110110 1001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

thou, of, to, i