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
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