Sappho Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKBLBFMNOHP NQRSTUVWXYZA2QURTBB2 C2D2BE2PPPBPF2DG2F2P BPH2F2I2J2| The twilight's inner flame grows blue and deep | A |
| And in my Lesbos over leagues of sea | B |
| The temples glimmer moonwise in the trees | C |
| Twilight has veiled the little flower face | D |
| Here on my heart but still the night is kind | E |
| And leaves her warm sweet weight against my breast | F |
| Am I that Sappho who would run at dusk | G |
| Along the surges creeping up the shore | H |
| When tides came in to ease the hungry beach | I |
| And running running till the night was black | J |
| Would fall forespent upon the chilly sand | K |
| And quiver with the winds from off the sea | B |
| Ah quietly the shingle waits the tides | L |
| Whose waves are stinging kisses but to me | B |
| Love brought no peace nor darkness any rest | F |
| I crept and touched the foam with fevered hands | M |
| And cried to Love from whom the sea is sweet | N |
| From whom the sea is bitterer than death | O |
| Ah Aphrodite if I sing no more | H |
| To thee God's daughter powerful as God | P |
| It is that thou hast made my life too sweet | N |
| To hold the added sweetness of a song | Q |
| There is a quiet at the heart of love | R |
| And I have pierced the pain and come to peace | S |
| I hold my peace my Cle iuml s on my heart | T |
| And softer than a little wild bird's wing | U |
| Are kisses that she pours upon my mouth | V |
| Ah never any more when spring like fire | W |
| Will flicker in the newly opened leaves | X |
| Shall I steal forth to seek for solitude | Y |
| Beyond the lure of light Alc us' lyre | Z |
| Beyond the sob that stilled Erinna's voice | A2 |
| Ah never with a throat that aches with song | Q |
| Beneath the white uncaring sky of spring | U |
| Shall I go forth to hide awhile from Love | R |
| The quiver and the crying of my heart | T |
| Still I remember how I strove to flee | B |
| The love note of the birds and bowed my head | B2 |
| To hurry faster but upon the ground | C2 |
| I saw two wing egrave d shadows side by side | D2 |
| And all the world's spring passion stifled me | B |
| Ah Love there is no fleeing from thy might | E2 |
| No lonely place where thou hast never trod | P |
| No desert thou hast left uncarpeted | P |
| With flowers that spring beneath thy perfect feet | P |
| In many guises didst thou come to me | B |
| I saw thee by the maidens while they danced | P |
| Phaon allured me with a look of thine | F2 |
| In Anactoria I knew thy grace | D |
| I looked at Cercolas and saw thine eyes | G2 |
| But never wholly soul and body mine | F2 |
| Didst thou bid any love me as I loved | P |
| Now I have found the peace that fled from me | B |
| Close close against my heart I hold my world | P |
| Ah Love that made my life a lyric cry | H2 |
| Ah Love that tuned my lips to lyres of thine | F2 |
| I taught the world thy music now alone | I2 |
| I sing for one who falls asleep to hear | J2 |
Sara Teasdale
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