This is an analysis of October by Clark Ashton Smith.

The blood of wounded love is on your leaves, October,
And in your seaward wind the sigh of love foredone:…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AXabbA CdcddC beXeXb fgXggf
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 0101010111010 1011010101100 11110111001110 011111010100 1100101010101 0101010111010 111101011100 101101010101 110111110111 110111011101 101101011101 111101011100 11010101010100 010111010100 0101010111100 110111110100 110001010110 01010101010100 111111111110 011101010101 1111010111100 111111010101 101111110101 001111111110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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