Although they are
only breath, words
which I command
are immortal
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From guest caitlin (contact)
im doin a paper on this poem....i need to find a song that its lyrics have the same message...can anyone help me? -
I feel that the rest of this is lost to us forever. As said in the biography, much of her work is lost. I find these lines ironic: "words
which I command
are immortal"
her work was almost lost, but we still have fragments. Beautiful fragments. -
Sappho has this amazing ability to says mountains with her few words. Simply beautiful!!!
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beautiful
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I'm going to agree what just about every one who responded before me and say that she did seem to know how much her words were worth. But I have this nagging feeling that she might have meant something more, although it could be that I'm just putting too much thought into this.
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I agree with glazecovered…She definitely knew her worth...even Plato has used her words in his dialogue.
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They were only a breath, until they were written down for us to read and be inspired by. This is not a poem but rather a statement about herself. She certainly knew her worth and the words that came out of her mouth meant much to her. Can all of us say that what we say shall be immortal?
~Anastasia -
A very strong piece...wonderful and it definitely has a lot of feeling in it...short, but quite alot seemed to have been sad and so many emotions expressed in the short, few seconds it took to read that poem...sometimes short poems like that can be so much better in so many ways than poems that are long and drawn out, so that by the time you finish reading it you end up forgetting what the first word was...all in all, a very nice piece.
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perfection:D
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I like the 'Although they are only breath' that parts such holds so much imagery. It can mean many things and then again, it can just mean a few things and the follow through follows through quite elequently.
A great piece here.
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