This is an analysis of On The Tomb Of A Priestess Of Artemis by Sappho.

Voiceless I speak, and from the tomb reply
Unto Æthopia, Leto's child, was I…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1011100101 101010111 1101001000 11010100 1101101101 1111110111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6