Awed By Her Splendor Poem by Sappho

Awed By Her Splendor

Rating: 2.9


Awed by her splendor
stars near the lovely
moon cover their own
bright faces
when she
is roundest and lights
earth with her silver

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
M Asim Nehal 08 March 2016

Great imagery and nice poem

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Barbara Derbyshire 20 October 2015

A poem of true love from Sappho Some women are pure silver.

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23/5 Four 05 May 2017

a really creative way of expressing

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Tom Allport 05 May 2017

a nice poem of man's destination stop all silvery and bright? ......well penned.

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Avery Kelly 26 March 2020

no Tom, Sappho was gay

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Savita Tyagi 14 December 2023

Nature's beauty and subsequent delight! The perfect combination.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 14 December 2023

SIX (2) seems to embody this theme of transformation. Her beauty is so powerful that it seems to transform the very landscape around her, causing even the stars to dim in comparison.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 14 December 2023

SIX: (1) It is described as 'lovely' and 'bright, ' but it is also subject to change, becoming 'roundest' and illuminating the earth with its 'silver' light. The woman in the poem, too,

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Sylvia Frances Chan 14 December 2023

ONE: ONE: From the very first line, the poem sets a tone of admiration and awe. Sappho is clearly entranced by the subject of her poem, a woman of such beauty and splendor that even the stars are humbled in her presence.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 14 December 2023

LAST ONE: 5***** and to my Favourites! TFS

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