This is an analysis of The Stylite by Clark Ashton Smith.
Upon his pillar stands upright
The rigid anchoret: his pose,…
Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdd XeXff gXabd gdXhX XXacd Xaahd eadbX
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 01010101 01010001 100100101 01010101 01010101 10111101 01010101 11010100 10110101 01010011 11010101 01011100 01110101 01110001 10010111 11010101 11010101 11000100 11010001 11010101 010101001 01001100 01010101 11010101 10110111 010101000 11011101 11001001 11010100 01110001 0101011 11011101 01010101 010111001 010011000
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 35
Anaphora
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