This is an analysis of the poem To Lesbia (After Sappho) that begins with:
I say not not Helios burns so strong,
I say he outshines the flickering sun...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX bccd XaedXbeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101111 1111101001 11101001111 100011 0110101100 11010110111 111100110101 10010 1110101110 111111111 100111111 10110 1010001111 101011001 100111011 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, my, languor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, languor are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines i is repeated).
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