This is an analysis of Pine Needles by Clark Ashton Smith.

O little lances, dipt in grey,
And set in order straight and clean,…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 11010111 11100111 11010111 01011001 11010100 11010101 01010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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