This is an analysis of the poem Sappho - A Monodrama that begins with:
Argument.
To leap from the promontory of LEUCADIA was believed by the Greeks to be... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bXcX X X cdefg hXagXfifjckicXlcdcjaklfjaimcjam nnifenaXXX bgajjci bcjfcc ackfhahcmjeXn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,1,5,31,10,7,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100 010010000010010110100 0100110100101010010 110001010010001001100 11011000100101011 10 10100000100 0001110101 11010011001 11100100101 1101011101 1101001101 1111010011 01011101100 0100111101 0101110111 1011000101 0111011101 101110111 1001 0101011 0101111101 0111110101 1001010111 100110101001 10110101010 0101100101 1111010101 1101111101 1101110111 110101010001 100100110101 10010100111 1101110011 0101110111 01110010101 0101011111 0101011111 1101001101 010111101 10010010101 0101010111 1101010001 1101111100 1101000101 01010111001 1011000101 1101011101 11001010100 10010010001 11010100101 111101010001 0110110 101 1101010111 11010100101 1011111101 01001010111 1101010101 110011 11001 1101001101 0101110011 110101010101 11001010101 111001 0101 1001010101 0111101101 1101011001 0101010101 1111010011 0111010011 1001010111 101111101 101101101 1111 110100100
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 79
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, in, phaon are repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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