This is an analysis of Rosa Mystica by Clark Ashton Smith.
The secret rose we vainly dream to find
Was blown in grey Atlantis long ago,…
Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba XXcddc
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 0101110101 1101010101 1011000101 0101010101 1101110101 0100010001 01001011101 1101010011 1101111100 1101110101 010010101001 1100010101 01010100111 0100011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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