This is an analysis of A Fable by Clark Ashton Smith.
O lords and gods that are! the assigning tide, upon
Some prowless beach where a forgotten fisher dwells,…
Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aba bcX Xac adaXd
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,5,
- Metre: 1111110010101 110110010101 110101110100 1101010010111 110111010111 0111111100101 110101110100 111011001101 110101110001 010101100001 110111010101 0101111011101 111111110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 13
Repeated words/phrases
and, thy
