This is an analysis of Dica by Sappho.

With flowers fair adorn thy lustrous hair,
Dica, amidst thy locks sweet blossoms twine,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 0101011101 1001111101 0111110101 0100011101 1101001111 1111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6

Repeated words/phrases

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