This is an analysis of The Suns And The Void by Clark Ashton Smith.

Upon the stark, blue blankness of the sky,
The assailing armies of the stars have swept,…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXcdXbX XebbfdXggca ceXaaXbafXX
  • Stanza lengths: 10,11,11,
  • Metre: 0101110001 00101000111 1101010011 0101001101 0101010001 0101010100 1000010001 1101110110 11110010001 11100 0111 0101110111 0101110001 1101110011 1101010101 0101010001 0111010100 0101010101 1111000101 1111111101 001000010101 0101010011 11110100101 0101010001 0101111111 110110001111 0110010101 1101011101 0111110111 0100100111 01010101100 1100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 32

Anaphora

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