This is an analysis of Lamia by Clark Ashton Smith.

Out of her desert lair the lamia came,
A lovely serpent shaped as women are.…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc ded efe fcfXc
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,5,
  • Metre: 10010101001 0101011101 1011111101 101110101 11010010111 0101011101 010101011 1111111101 1100010101 1011000101 10111011001 10111011101 10011010001 1101111101 1101010101 1101010001 1101010011 1101111111 0001001111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 19

Repeated words/phrases

her

Anaphora

by