This is an analysis of Night (The) by Clark Ashton Smith.

The fires of sunset die reluctantly
As goes the kingly Day to seek his rest,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 01001110100 1101010101 1101011100 0101010101 1001011101 1101010001 1111010001 01010110011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: ottava rima
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8