This is an analysis of Evening by Sappho.

Children astray to their mothers, and goats to the herd,
Sheep to the shepherd, through twilight the wings of the bird,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1001011011001 1001011101001 1111011001001 1111011011001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

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