This is an analysis of The Phoenix by Clark Ashton Smith.
I, I alone have seen the Phoenix fail,
His regal wings their vibrant glories vail…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcdeeffcdbbff
- Stanza lengths: 18,
- Metre: 1101110101 0101110101 01001010101 0101000111 1101110101 01001011101 0101011111 1101110100 11010010101 1101110101 1101010001 1101010111 0100010101 1101010100 0111011101 01110100101 0101110101 110101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
i, and, to
Anaphora
has