This is an analysis of Fantaisie D'Antan by Clark Ashton Smith.

Lost and alien lie the leas,
Purfled all with euphrasies,…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbabccXXXddaaXaeefXXaXfXXfgaagffhhccaX
  • Stanza lengths: 40,
  • Metre: 11100101 1010100 1010101 1110101 1001001 0011111 1010100 1010101 10011000 10101010 1001100 1010101 1010101 110001 10001110 00111000 1110001 1010011 1010101 1111101 0011000 101000 1010111 101001000 1110001 11101000 1010100 1010001 1111101 0010111 1010101 011101 1010101 1111101 1010100 1010001 1111101 1010100 0110101 1010100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 40