This is an analysis of Sounds Of Grief by Sappho.

Must I remind you, Cleis,
that sounds of grief…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XX Xa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,2,2,
  • Metre: 110111 1101 110100 01011 11111 10001 10 110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 8