This is an analysis of Fawn-Lilies by Clark Ashton Smith.

White lilies frail and cold,
With hearts of elfin gold;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddXeeX XcXbddcb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,8,
  • Metre: 110111 010101 1011111101 01011 1011111101 10001010001 110111 100011 01010101010 111101 1011110101 11110101111 110111 110101 101110 1101010111 111101 1101010101 1101111101 110111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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