This is an analysis of Tolometh by Clark Ashton Smith.

In billow-lost Posedonis
I was the black god of the abyss:…

Browse poems by Clark Ashton Smith

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaab aacddc eeXXXc ffaeXa eeeggeXffebbe
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 01011000 110110001 11100100 01110101 11110111 10010100 01001101 11010011 11011101 11011101 11010101 01010101 01110101 11010101 10010100 11000110 11111100 10111100 01110111 11010111 11011101 11110100 010011100 01000111 11011101 01110101 11111100 110010111 11011101 11010100 11011001 11011111 11101101 011101010 010101010 11111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

their, of

Anaphora

the, and