This is an analysis of Bedouin Song by Clark Ashton Smith.
Across the hot sands, towards fertile lands
On our swinging camels we forward fly…
Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb daba ecacdbeb XdXdXcXc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,8,8,
- Metre: 0101101011 1110101101 10100110101 10110111 110101011 10111001 1010110101 11101011 111111 11001101 011101011 1100111 10101111011011 11110111 101010101110 101100111 111110111 10101101 1110100101 00101111 010011101 11110101 1010101 110110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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