This is an analysis of Before Sunrise by Clark Ashton Smith.

I rose in that hushed hour before the dawn
Unveils its wonder old yet ever-new,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece fafX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011100101 0101011101 1101110001 0111110111 1011111101 0101111101 1111111101 01010011101 0111000101 1001110111 1011010111 1101010101 1111110101 1001010101 1101100101 0101111000
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16