This is an analysis of the poem Sappho To Aphrodite that begins with:

Long and lonely are my nights.
Come help me Goddess, end my blight; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abca bbba cdcd eeec fXfg hahg ddei jXji
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 11110111 01011111 0101 1010111 101101101 11010111 0101 11010101 11110111 01111101 1101 11010100 10110110 0111001110 011 01010101 11100110 01001111 1101 01011101 1011111 01101101 110101 11100011 11110111 11011010 0111 1111101 100110100 1100110101 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; my, her, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, may are repeated.

    The author used the same word her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word so at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Sappho To Aphrodite;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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