This is an analysis of Yes, Atthis, You May Be Sure by Sappho.
Yes, Atthis, you may be sure
Even in Sardis…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X Xa bcc dba dXe XeX XXc cXa
- Stanza lengths: 1,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Metre: 1101101 10010 1000011001 001111111 010010 001110101 1011010100 111101 101101111 100101010 011100 101111101 010111010 101001 1100110110 10010010 100110 1001000101 11011110 10110111 010110011
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 21
Repeated words/phrases
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Anadiplosis
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