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