Sappho
Night has kept me captive,
While kin and kith rejoice,
Of nuptial ties,
Not made by the hand of Eros,
But woven with the thread of Hephaestus,
I shall not be bound,
Punished for my desires,
Eyes wide open in darkness,
I see the flame within,
Fire coursing through me,
Pulsating,
Reverberating with each heartbeat,
I grow fearless,
As I watch the dawn devour the night,
Blazing its glory across the sky,
Unashamed,
Proud,
Forever kith and kin,
To the flame that burns within.
About this poem
Her story found beneath ancient Greek ruins.
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Submitted by cwolff on December 13, 2021
Modified on March 22, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X A X X A X X B C X X B X X C C |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 511 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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