This is an analysis of the poem Sappho Ii that begins with:
Oh Litis, little slave, why will you sleep?
These long Egyptian noons bend down your head... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abcbdbcbefeghhXhiihiifgbjgdhhbgbikfjcliglghikacbembcigXhbaimgl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 62,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011011 1101011111 1101000101 11111111010 11111101010 1101010101 1101010101 1111011101 1111010101 010111011001 1110010101 1111111101 1011111111 1100011100 0101011111 00110110100 1101010101 1101010001 1100010011 1100010011 0010010001 1101110111 1111000101 0100010001 1111110111 1111110011 10111100010 1101000111 1001100111 01111101010 11010011101 1011000101 1101110111 10010100010 1111011101 0011011101 1011010001 0111111111 1101110100 1001011111 1011110111 1011010101 1001001101 1111010101 1101011011 1001010101 10010101001 01110011001 1101011111 1111010101 1011011101 1111010101 1001010101 1101010101 1101001011 0101011111 1101110111 1110010111 11010111010 11010101001 1011000101 1101110011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2638
- Average number of words per stanza: 504
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, more, i, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines yet is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Sappho Ii;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
