This is an analysis of The Absence Of The Muse by Clark Ashton Smith.

O Muse, where loiterest thou? In any land
Of Saturn, lit with moons and nenuphars?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbabcdcbd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11110010101 0101011100 1011010001 10010100101 1101010011 0100010011 1101011101 0101010001 010100101 1101000101 1100110111 1101010101 1001010101 1101010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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