This is an analysis of Nightfall by Clark Ashton Smith.

Low on the lilac breast of eve
The yellow rose of sunset lies...…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cbbc cbXc XddX eee
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,3,
  • Metre: 11011101 01010111 01110101 11110101 11010101 11110101 01011101 11011011 11110101 11011111 11010101 11010101 11011100 010010111 10111101 0101010 11011101 0101010111010101 10110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 19