He is more than a hero
he is a god in my eyes—
the man who is allowed
to sit beside you — he
who listens intimately
to the sweet murmur of
your voice, the enticing
laughter that makes my own
heart beat fast. If I meet
you suddenly, I can't
speak — my tongue is broken;
a thin flame runs under
my skin; seeing nothing,
hearing only my own ears
drumming, I drip with sweat;
trembling shakes my body
and I turn paler than
dry grass. At such times
death isn't far from me.
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Beautiful!
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My scales would run short if I am to rate this piece by Sappho. Sappho basically wrote her poems for female students under the influence of Aphrodite, the goddess of love. "If I meet you suddenly, I can't speak - my tongue is broken; a thin flame runs under my skin; seeing nothing, hearing only my own ears drumming, I drip with sweat ..." This stanza/verses couldn't have been described more vividly with perfection - imagery used is just stunning! Absolutely mesmerizing amalgam of passion and love-intensity. -
I think this really could have been written to either a man or a woman...perhaps both? I know myself that sometimes when a poet writes, the lines can be meant for more than one audience...absolutely beautiful. And so very intense! She captures perfectly the innate battle between anxiety and passion that is the soul of love...
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Full of passion and promise but with a hint of regret and loneliness - this poem has it all. Beautifully written by a passionate woman.
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Amazing
This is my favourite piece by Sappho, in fact, my favourite poem of all time. It is a poem describing the nature of love and jealousy. As far as I know, most believe it was written for one of her female students who she had fallen in love with, who was not with her, but with this man instead. Sappho could only watch from a distance. Sappho's intensity of emotion is absolutely inspiring. -
I am drawn to her words. I love the poem and her message.
It is as though she is speaking my thoughts and feelings. I totaly agree with her poem. She is a romamic at heart and in soul. Even seeing others in love brings joy to her mind and body.
" I can' speak -- my tongue is broken;" Her own or someone elses love has taken her breath away.
This is a poem I will remember and memorize.
FifthDove
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is this one of the surviving poems to Phoan, a love poem that is melancholy at the end because she realizes that she cannot have this sailor. or a more universal on the condiiton of manand the way he thinks. It opens up beautifully, like a lost lover in love, and ends on such a tragic note...the evolution of man might have been predicted here.
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interesting
this could be desribing so many people. the person seems to change as the poem goes on. i wonder if it was trying to describe all men. i didnt like how sentences went on from stanza to stanza tho.
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Oh, I really liked the description of feeling in this piece.
"a thin flame runs under
my skin; seeing nothing" The word that really helps that description is "thin."
There was one little thing I caught "you suddenly, I can'" was can' suppose to be like that or was that a typo? -
For me this poem as a lot in it. On the first reading of the first few lines I felt like it sounded like a father and a son. This was mostly because of the lines
"He is more than a hero
he is a god in my eyes--"
Then it turned into a girl with a crush, but now on a third or fouth reading it seems as though the girl with the crush is talking to the mans wife or close friend. It's so simple and wonderful. I really don't know if a person couldn't like this poem if only becasue of the diffrent ways you can read into it.
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this is delicious. ah! look at this - no form, only a wormy old translation....yet it rings true with divine inspiration.
hearing only my own ears
drumming, I drip with sweat;
trembling shakes my body
and I turn paler than
dry grass. At such times
death isn't far from me
a good poem. simplicity was never better. -
9/10
This flows better than the last one. I like this here. Its forms and vernacular and such is just a great piece all around.
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