This is an analysis of Apostrophe by Clark Ashton Smith.

O world, thou art the form, the name, the symbol of my weariness:
But, older than thy drooling god, mine ennui had its prime abode…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXX XaX
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,
  • Metre: 1111010101001100 11011101101010101 01000100100010111 1111011011101001 0111010111000100 1101110101100100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 6

Repeated words/phrases

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