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

I saw a universe today:
Through a disclosing bar of light…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cbbc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 10010101 01010101 11011101 11011101 01011101 01000111 01111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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Epiphora

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