This is an analysis of Amor Aeternalis by Clark Ashton Smith.

O Love, thou Judas of the martyred soul!
Thou pandar to the painted harlot, Life !…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXXX cdceed
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1111000101 1100010101 01011001101 11000101111 1001010011 0101010011 1101110100 110101101 01110100110 1001000111 010110101110 0111010111 1111010101 10001010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14