This is an analysis of Incognita by Clark Ashton Smith.

Haply I shall not know, as others know,
The face you have given to the fumbling sun,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbXaXXXccX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011111101 011110001001 1100010111 11110000111 01110100101 0101010101 0101010110 1111011101 0011000101 1011000110 1001011000 1101010100 1111010111 1001011011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14