This is an analysis of The City Of The Titans by Clark Ashton Smith.

I saw a city in a lonely land:
Foursquare, it fronted upon gulfs of fire;…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba XccX ddX eeX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
  • Metre: 1101000101 11010011010 010101001010 110101100111 1001110111 11010101011 111010101 11010101100 1001010101 0101010101 1100010001 0101010101 1001010011 1111000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14