This is an analysis of Thebaid by Clark Ashton Smith.

Here is the solitude
Unknown to Stylites or Anthony;…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcbdcaX aaedXdd XdXeaXXeX
  • Stanza lengths: 9,7,9,
  • Metre: 100101 010011100 010101010 110111 100101001 1111010011 1111010111 1101011 0111010101 10010001 0101010100 1011111 010111 110010100 010010100 010011010 1111 110101100110 1101010011 111110001 110111 0101010001000 110101 11000101100 0101000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

the