define sapphics
Of or relating to the Greek poet Sappho. 2. a. Of, relating to, or being a verse characteristic of Sappho, containing 11 syllables and consisting of a trochee, a spondee or trochee, a dactyl, a trochee, and a spondee or trochee. b. Relating to or being a stanza of three such verses followed by a verse consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee. c. Relating to or being an ode made up of such stanzas. d. Of, relating to, or being a verse, stanza, or poem in accentual-syllabic meter composed in imitation of Sapphic quantitative verse.