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