This is an analysis of Contradiction by Clark Ashton Smith.

I have calmed me with the thought of nothingness—
who know that none shall evermore escape…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aXa bXb
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,
  • Metre: 11110010100 1111110101 0011111000 0101110101 1001010101 10111011101 11111010001 110101100010 1001011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 9