This is an analysis of To Sappho I by Sara Teasdale.

Impassioned singer of the happy time.
When all the world was waking into morn,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcccXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101000101 1101110001 1111010101 1101010001 1101000101 1011011111 0101011111 1111010011 1101010011 1101010101 1100111011 1111010100 1101110001 110111100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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