This is an analysis of The Exile by Clark Ashton Smith.

Against my heart your heart is closed; you bid me go:
What ways are left in all the world for love to know ?…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa bbXb ccXc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 011111011111 111101011101 100101010101 111100010111 111111110101 011101010001 111101010100 010101110101 10010100111001 010101010011 1001011010111 111101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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