This is an analysis of Alexandrines by Clark Ashton Smith.
Knowing the weariness of dreams, and days, and nights,
The great and grievous vanity of joy and pain;…
Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba XccX dbbd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 100100011111 011101000111 111111010001 1011011100101 101001010010 010101110111 101101111101 010111000100 1001001110111 010101011111 1011010011111 001011110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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