Dominium In Excelsis by Clark Ashton Smith: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Dominium In Excelsis that begins with:

Exalt thyself: be more than man,
Be saint or be magician,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba bbcb ccdc dded eece ccdc dXfdXfff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100111 0110010 11010101 01011001 10110101 11000101 010010001 11011001 11000101 01010101 01010101 11000101 11110101 11110101 11010111 10010111 11111111 110011101 110000101 100100101 11100111 01010101 100101011 0101001 11010111 10111101 01000111 01001101 11110111 01010101 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words beyond, thy, and, or are repeated.

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