"Sapphic" may refer to three distinct but related Aeolic verse forms; for full discussion see Hendecasyllable.

# The greater Sapphic, a 15-syllable line, with the structure:
- u - - - | u u - | - u u - u - -
-=long syllable; u=short syllable; |=caesura
# The lesser Sapphic, an 11-syllable line, with the structure:
- u - x - u u - u - -
x=anceps (either long or short)
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