This is an analysis of Sepulture by Clark Ashton Smith.

Deep in my heart, as in the hollow stone
And silence of some olden sepulcher,…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXba acba dcdece
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,
  • Metre: 1011100101 1100110100 1101011111 010100001 1101010101 01011101010 0111010111 1101010101 1101100101 11110111010 0111010111 1101001101 011111011010 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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