This is an analysis of Old Hydraulic Diggings by Clark Ashton Smith.

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Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XXX X Xaa X bbX X cXc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,
  • Metre: 1 001110 10110 1011101 1 1011000 1001 100101 1 101001 011101011 1100 1 01001101 0010101 100001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 16