This is an analysis of Seeker by Clark Ashton Smith.

In valleys where the lotos falls
And rots by lily-stifled streams,…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaba cdef ecaf XXdX abXf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01010101 11110101 01010001 111101001 11010101 00011111 01111001 01010101 11000101 110101001 01010101 01010101 01010101 11010111 11011111 110100101 01010101 01010111 11011111 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the, and