This is an analysis of Fragment by Clark Ashton Smith.

This I remember clearly: from stone to stepping-stone
I bore you in my arms across the quiet stream. . . .…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbX cXXc XaaX dccd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0101010010101 111011010101 1111111111001 0110110111100 1110111100101 1011110111010 1011010101010 101011110101 1100101010101 110001110111 01011110101 0101001110100 0101010101011 110101110111 110101111101 0101010110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

i, in, and, of

Anaphora

a