This is an analysis of In November by Clark Ashton Smith.

With autumn and the flaring leaves our love must end-—
Ere flauntful spring shall mock thy tears and my despair…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cbXc XccX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010101011111 1100111111101 010111110111 110101010101 010111000101 011111110101 01010100101010 1111010110011 110101010100 111101101101 111101010001 110110010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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