This is an analysis of The Harlot Of The World by Clark Ashton Smith.
O Life, thou harlot who beguilest all!
Beautiful in thy house, the golden world.…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXXa bcXb Xcb Xcb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,
- Metre: 1111011001 1000110101 10011101010 1101010011 10001011101 1011101101 10010111000 1101010101 1101010011 1100010001 1011100101 1101110001 1100010101 1011000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
