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