This is an analysis of Sestet by Clark Ashton Smith.

I have no heart to give you: long ago
Exceeding love has found and left me blind…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaXb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1111011101 0101111111 0101111101 1111000101 1001110100 1011010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6

Repeated words/phrases

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