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

Catching a little wind's unrest,
The dandelion-crests dissolve,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 10010101 01010101 11010101 11000101 10010101 11010101 01001101 01010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8