This is an analysis of Chant To Sirius by Clark Ashton Smith.

What nights retard thee, O Sirius !
Thy light is as a spear,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXabcX abXdebXecaXeadXX
  • Stanza lengths: 11,16,
  • Metre: 11011110 110101 1110000 1010011001 100010001 11110101 1101100 110110100101 110001101 110111 100011110 1111011 110110 10101011 10110101110 1101 0110101001 00101000 11100101 11111110001 11001 1011100 110001001 0101001 11111010 10101001 10101001100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 27

Anaphora

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