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,…
Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith
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