This is an analysis of Hesperus The Bringer by Sappho.

O Hesperus, thou bringest all good things--
Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 1100110101 1001000101 0011010101 010100100001 10011110101 1101111101 1101100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 7

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