This is an analysis of Sappho Ii by Sara Teasdale.
Oh Litis, little slave, why will you sleep?
These long Egyptian noons bend down your head…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbdbcbefeghhXhiihiifgbjgdhhbgbikfjcliglghikacbembcigXhbaimgl
- Stanza lengths: 62,
- Metre: 1101011011 1101011111 1101000101 11111111010 11111101010 1101010101 1101010101 1111011101 1111010101 010111011001 1110010101 1111111101 1011111111 1100011100 0101011111 00110110100 1101010101 1101010001 1100010011 1100010011 0010010001 1101110111 1111000101 0100010001 1111110111 1111110011 10111100010 1101000111 1001100111 01111101010 11010011101 1011000101 1101110111 10010100010 1111011101 0011011101 1011010001 0111111111 1101110100 1001011111 1011110111 1011010101 1001001101 1111010101 1101011011 1001010101 10010101001 01110011001 1101011111 1111010101 1011011101 1111010101 1001010101 1101010101 1101001011 0101011111 1101110111 1110010111 11010111010 11010101001 1011000101 1101110011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 62
Repeated words/phrases
you, and, more, i, of
Anaphora
and
Epiphora
yet
