This is an analysis of The Song Of The Stars by Clark Ashton Smith.

From the final reach of the upper night
To the nether darks where the comets die,…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcdXddefaff GEGE cdcddXXcXgdhdhh gegE iciccfadaaXfcffXGEGE
  • Stanza lengths: 15,4,15,4,20,
  • Metre: 0010100101 0010110101 0010100101 0010100101 011001011 1110010101 110100101 0010000101 0100101101 10100101 0101100101 00111101 010010100 0100101 11101111 00101011001 1101100101 1101111011 10110101 10100100101 101100111 1100101001 101010111 1010101 10111001001 11011001010 0101110101 10101011 10110101 011011101 11001001 11001001 11001101 0101111 00100111001 1101100101 0100101011 10110101 0111010101 101101011 10101100101 0101100101 11100101 1110010101 111110101 0101100101 011111001 10101011 11100111 1111101 11011001 0010111 11011011 00101011001 1101100101 1101111011 10110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 57

Repeated words/phrases

of, nor, and

Anaphora

the, where, and