This is an analysis of the poem Sappho that begins with:
The twilight falls; I soften the dusting feathers,
And clean again. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbc a defcaX gdhgXiji bgbXacfbchXc eiab habage BkijBb jkglbdcX kbbacib mbdhlakmakhb fadgeb mlcla bacXadXhb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,6,8,12,4,6,6,8,7,12,6,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011111001010 1101 01111100111 0101010101 0110 010101 11011111 001111101010 1111010101 110101001110 1101110101 1101010101 1101 01110101001 10101 1101010111 101111100110110 110111 101001100110 1010101 110110 110101 10110101111 1011010101 0101010101 111001100010 10010100001 1011010 1111010111 1111 1101011101 11110110010 00100111101 0011111011 001011101110 11010101110 10001011101 11010101 1101010101 110101010101 1111010101 1101 11001101001 111101 0111011101 11011101110 1011 111101 0011 01010101110 101010100101 1011110101 11011001001 101110 010101011 0111 1011 1100101 11101001111110 10111101 111001011 11010111001 11101010 1101101111 1111011111 0101010101 0101010101 0111110101 01000010101 0111110101 1101010101 1111011001 0111011011 10101011011 1111111111 1011011101 11011111010 1101010101 11010110101 1101101111 1101010100 1011010101 11111110111 1111 110101 1110011011011 01110 1111010101 10010110101 0111010101 10010110010 1111010101 0101010101 0111110101 10011010011 10010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 109
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; her, she, had, and, i, by, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, that, i, she, and, till, for are repeated.
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