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I was intoruduced to Sappho whilst I was at university, during my English studies. This first introduction was only of one particular fragment, but it had me captivated and I longed to go off and try and find more of this poetess. My search then led me to Bliss Carman's translation / interpretations and I was delighted. I was able to find the fragment that I had first discovered in the lecture room, but I also discovered that other fragments were equally as good.
From the little I know about Sappho, this collection does a superb job at conveying the overall tone of her work. Love is the ever present theme here, with all of its manifestations making an appearance - jealousy, desire, passion that verges on obsession and longing. Nature is made use of to create imagery and metaphor to an exquisite standard. Greek gods and goddesses are also incorporated into some of the fragments, adding more depth to the words. What I especially love about this collection is how spirituality an religion is also drawn upon to illustrate the power of the feelings being described. One does this fabulously:-
"Heart of mine, if all the altars
Of all the ages stood before me,
Not one pure enough nor sacred
Could I find to lay this white, white
Rose of love upon.
I who am not great enough to
Love thee with this mortal body
So impassionate with ardour,
But oh, not too small to worship
While the sun shall shine,-
I would build a fragrant temple
To thee, in the dark green forest,
Of red cedar and fine sandal,
And there love thee with sweet service
All my whole life long. . ." (No.xxx11, p.40-41)
The idea of her love being too pure, too spiritual to have any altar in all of the ages speaks volumes.... Read more ›
From the little I know about Sappho, this collection does a superb job at conveying the overall tone of her work. Love is the ever present theme here, with all of its manifestations making an appearance - jealousy, desire, passion that verges on obsession and longing. Nature is made use of to create imagery and metaphor to an exquisite standard. Greek gods and goddesses are also incorporated into some of the fragments, adding more depth to the words. What I especially love about this collection is how spirituality an religion is also drawn upon to illustrate the power of the feelings being described. One does this fabulously:-
"Heart of mine, if all the altars
Of all the ages stood before me,
Not one pure enough nor sacred
Could I find to lay this white, white
Rose of love upon.
I who am not great enough to
Love thee with this mortal body
So impassionate with ardour,
But oh, not too small to worship
While the sun shall shine,-
I would build a fragrant temple
To thee, in the dark green forest,
Of red cedar and fine sandal,
And there love thee with sweet service
All my whole life long. . ." (No.xxx11, p.40-41)
The idea of her love being too pure, too spiritual to have any altar in all of the ages speaks volumes.... Read more ›
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A beautiful introduction to thus classic poet, you can dip in and out as when. The footnotes are pretty good and can't believe this is completely free! Love it and read it all the time.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I am a big fan of the few small snippets of Sappho's works that I have been introduced to over the years. It was lovely to read a much larger section of her prose. I loved this book a lot!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I read the Kindle in one lay and enjoyed it very much. I highlighted many passages for turn of phrase and content. I added notes from searches about who/where names referred to: one name was a queen I'd never heard of. I hope other Lesbians will find this free Kindle and enjoy our history as well as her poetry. It is a shame that maybe her best work was destroyed by hatecriminals. I am not sure that some of the poetry seemingly directed at males wasn't altered to do so to please heterosexuals; so much literature, history and practice has been changed and destroyed to please hypocrites who steal beautiful things and twist them to serve their own purposes. However, we may twist them back as we please.
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