This is an analysis of Like The Gods. . . by Sappho.

In my eyes he matches the gods, that man who
sits there facing you--any man whatever--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc deda cXfg ecfgXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,6,
  • Metre: 01111001111 11101101110 1000100001001 11110 10011011110 10101001111 11111101011 11010 11111111110 10101001111 11101101010 11110 11101101001 010111001010 101010110010 1010 11100111001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

i, my