This is an analysis of The Waning Moon by Clark Ashton Smith.
As pale and wan as vapours that at eve
Steal ghostly-like across the darkling plain,…
Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba ccdccd
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 1111110111 1101010101 1001110111 1101110101 0110110001 1101010101 0101111101 0101110111 11011100001 1101010101 1111011101 0101001101 11010100111 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
