This is an analysis of Ode To Sappho by Radclyffe Hall.

If not from Phaon I must hope for ease,
Ah ! let me seek it from the raging seas :…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbX cdcd efgf hihi jkjk fifi aaaa cecg lflf gjXj alalXkiki
  • Stanza lengths: 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 010111111 1111000101 0101100101 1101011101 100100101 01010011101 0111011111 01111111001 01010101001 11100010101 1111110011 1110101100 1101100111 111111110110 1111110001 11010111010 0101011101 10110001101 1101010101 1111011101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010111 1111001101 1101110101 1101111111 11010010100 1111110101 1111011101 1111010011 0100011101 11011010011 1101110100 1111111001 1111010101 0101011101 10111110101 1101011100 0111011101 0111111000 0101010101 1111011101 1111010111 0101111101 0101001101 01010011101 1111110011 1101011111 1111010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 50

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Anaphora

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