This is an analysis of Said The Dreamer by Clark Ashton Smith.
My dreams were nests of horror, whimsey-wrought
With orts and shreds from old abysses brought;…
Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXa aaXa bbcb bbXb bbXb XbXb ccac ddbX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1101010101 0111011001 010111011 1011010001 1000110101 1101010111 1001111001 10101010101 11010101001 0111100001 0101010101 1111010101 1001011111 111100110001 1111010111 0101010101 0111010101 0111001100 1101010101 0111110111 0110010100 1101110111 1101010101 0100010011 1001111111 1101111111 1111110101 1101010001 1101110001 0101111101 0101010001 1101110100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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