This is an analysis of Chance by Clark Ashton Smith.

Bow down before the daemon of the world—
This monstrous god, half-idiot and half-ape,…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbaXXXcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010001 01011100111 01001010001 0101111101 0011010111 10110010111 1101110101 0011010101 010111010010 0101100101 0101110110 0001010111 010010101110 0101011011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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