This is an analysis of Thoughtless Cruelty by Charles Lamb.
There, Robert, you have killed that fly,
And should you thousand ages try…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaab cccb aaab bbbb cccb Xbbb bbbd Xeed
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011111 11110101 01110001 11110 11011001 01110101 01111101 11110 11010111 11010101 11111001 01101 10010101 010100001 11011001 11100 01110101 110011001 11011010 11010 11110101 01110111 11001111 11010 01010111 11011100 010011111 01010 11110111 11010101 11111101 01110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 39
Repeated words/phrases
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