This is an analysis of The Prophet Speaks by Clark Ashton Smith.
City forbanned by seer and god and devil!
In glory less than Tyre or fabled Ys,…
Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXa bcX cdX ded efe gfg Xbf bcb cec eXe eXe X
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,
- Metre: 101001111110 0101111101 11110101010 11010100111 1101110101 1101011000 1100010101 1011010101 1101111100 11011000101 0101110111 0101010011 1101010111 1100010100 0111010101 0111010101 011100100110 0110101011 11011111000 0100111101 11111100110 1111010101 11011111010 10111111010 11110101010 1101101101 01110101010 0101110101 11010111100 0101010101 010101001010 1110010001 01100101010 1101010100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
and, your
Anaphora
and, o, against
