This is an analysis of A Psalm To The Best Beloved by Clark Ashton Smith.

Thou comfortest me with the manna of thy love,
And the kisses of thy mouth are wine and sustenance;…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabcabcXdefdbefeXXXba
  • Stanza lengths: 21,
  • Metre: 110010010011 1010011111100 111011 010101011001001 11110101 1101101001010 1101011011 001001010 1101001 10100011111 11100101 001010010010110 11110101 00100010110 110001010 101001 101011010010010 01100010100 100101 01110010001 101001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

of, thy