This is an analysis of Strangeness by Clark Ashton Smith.

O love, thy lips are bright and cold,
Like jewels carven curiously…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc effe ghhgXbaab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11111111 110101000 01000100 01011111 11010101 111000101 01010101 01010101 11110111 01100101 110110101 01011101 10011101 01010101 11010111 01110101 11010100 11010101 11111111 10010100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20