This is an analysis of The Angel-Thief by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
TIME is a thief who leaves his tools behind him;
He comes by night, he vanishes at dawn;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab Xccc dede bebe bfbf gcgc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10011101011 1111110011 11011111011 1111010111 11011101110 0101010101 11110111010 0111010111 111111001011 11001111101 10010111011 0101010011 11111101110 1111010101 11011100010 1001010111 11010101110 1101111111 11110100010 11000110101 11010111110 1111110111 11010111010 1111011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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