This is an analysis of the poem The Last Song Of Sappho that begins with:
SOUND on, thou dark unslumbering sea!
My dirge is in thy moan; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd eaea acac fgfg eaea hbhb bcbc ehehXeaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111110001 110011 11010101 00110110011 11111101 111101 11110101 1111001111 01110111 0111001 11000101 0101100101 111110001 101111 111100101 1111011101 11111111 010101 10100111 11111100101 10110111 1101011 01110101 1111010101 11011111 010101 00110101 1101110101 10111101 101101 10110101 0101111101 11110101 111111 11100101 110101001111 1001101 110101 010101001 0111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, sound, thou are repeated.
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- summary of The Last Song Of Sappho;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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