This is an analysis of A Live-Oak Leaf by Clark Ashton Smith.
How marvellous this bit of green
I hold, and soon shall throw away!…
Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 11000101 11111101 01010101 11000101 01010101 100101001 01010101 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
