This is an analysis of Prayer To Our Lady Of Paphos by Sappho.

Dapple-throned Aphrodite,
eternal daughter of God,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abc Xde dff gag hee bfc fii XXh XXg hdb Xb
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,
  • Metre: 1101010 0101001 1101111 111011 1111111 1111001 0110101 1101011 1001101 10111010 1010110 1111101 1010101 11110111 111011 1011010 111011 0100111 0111100 0101110 1101110 0110111 0111010 1111110 1111000 0101101 0010001 111110 1011011 1110111 10 110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

to, she