This is an analysis of Like the very gods in my sight is he by Sappho.
Like the very gods in my sight is he who
sits where he can look in your eyes, who listens…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXX bXaX Xacd dabXXc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,6,
- Metre: 10101011011 11111011110 10101011010 10011 10111101110 10111101010 11101111011 11110 111110010101 1101001010 10101011111 10010 10111001110 11101011110 11111101111 11111 010110010
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
in, my, i
