This is an analysis of Two Robbers by Francis William Bourdillon.
When Death from some fair face
Is stealing life away,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dadX efef
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110111 010101 111101 111101 110111 110111 101101 111101 111101 010101 110101 1011000 111111 111101 110101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
