This is an analysis of On A Thief (From The Greek) by William Cowper.
When Aulus, the nocturnal thief, made prize
Of Hermes, swift-wing'd envoy of the skies,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbXbX
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 1100010111 0101110001 1010010101 1111010101 11110011010 0101011101 10111111010 100010101010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8