This is an analysis of The Innocent Thief by William Cowper.
Not a flower can be found in the fields,
Or the spot that we till for our pleasure,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae afaf caca gegeXadad
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1010101001 1011111110 0010001101 011010010 11011101 001001001 11111101 11001001 01001101 11001111 11011011 11111001 111000001 01000101 001001101 01001101 01111001 010010010 11101001 110011010 11011001 01011101 101001001 11101001 11101001 101001101 11111111 101011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Anaphora
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