This is an analysis of Don Juan Sings by Clark Ashton Smith.

Lightly kiss and lightly pass
Ere the sleeping Love shall wake;…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc ecce fggf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1011101 1010111 1010111 1000110 10101010 1110101 1011111 11101010 10011101 10101010 10111010 1110111 1011101 00111010 10111110 0010101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16