This is an analysis of Moonlight (Ambitious) by Clark Ashton Smith.

Ambitious of their solitary reign,
Whose many-pointed brilliance fills the sky,…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcabcabaXbdbbd
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 0100110101 1101010101 0101110100 1001010101 1111010111 0111110100 1101010101 0101000111 0111110101 1011010100 1101010101 1001010101 0110010111 1101110101 0100010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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