This is an analysis of Before Dawn by Clark Ashton Smith.
Bleak is the night and long
While slumber waits apart,…
Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc eXXe fbbf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 100111 110101 010011 110101 100111 1110001 110101 110111 011101 110101 011000 110101 110101 111111 0111001 011101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
