This is an analysis of Dissonance by Clark Ashton Smith.

The harsh, brief sob of broken horns; the sound
Of hammers, on some clanging sepulcher;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaaXXa bcddbc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 0111010101 0101110100 1001010100 11011100101 1001110101 0111010101 0101010101 1101010001 1110110111 1101110101 01000100101 11000100101 0101010111 01010010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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