This is an analysis of Forgetfulness by Clark Ashton Smith.
My life is less than any broken glass . . . .
My long and weary love, thy lips unwon—…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbaabba bXbcXc
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 1101110101 1111011110 1101010100 0011010101 0101110111 1101110011 11110100101 1011010101 1011100001 1101110101 0101111111 0101010111 1011011000 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
thy, and
Anaphora
my, the

