This is an analysis of The Return Of Hyperion by Clark Ashton Smith.

The dungeon-clefts of Tartarus
Are close beyond the mountains…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbcdXX eeabXbXbedacadXbd
  • Stanza lengths: 9,17,
  • Metre: 01010100 1101010 111101010 0101001001 0111011 01011101 1100100101 01011101 100100100 101101010 01011101 01010101 1111101010 001010111 1001010100 01010101 110101010 11010101 101011101 110101001 11010001 101101001 01010001 1010010010 01110101 1010010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 26