This is an analysis of 'Not Altogether Sleep' by Clark Ashton Smith.
Blithe love, what dubious ponderings bemuse
Thy lover's mind! . . . In me thy memories are…
Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacbXX ccdeed
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 11110010001 11010111001 1100110101 1011011101 011000100101 0101011111 0110110100 1101010001 11010100100 0101001101 1011010101 01011010101 1111110100 1001010011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14