Analysis of Sappho
Night has kept me captive,
While kin and kith rejoice,
Of nuptial ties,
Not made by the hand of Eros,
But woven with the thread of Hephaestus,
I shall not be bound,
Punished for my desires,
Eyes wide open in darkness,
I see the flame within,
Fire coursing through me,
Reverberating with each heartbeat,
I grow fearless,
As I watch the dawn devour the night,
Blazing its glory across the sky,
Forever kith and kin,
To the flame that burns within.
Scheme | X A X X A X X B C X X B X X C C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110 110101 1101 11101110 11010111 11111 1011010 1110010 110101 101011 0100111 1110 1110101001 101100101 010101 1011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 511 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 22 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
About this poem
Her story found beneath ancient Greek ruins.
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