Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments by Sappho

Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments

Sappho with Carol Ann Duffy (Contributor), Aaron Poochigian (Translator)

160 pages first pub -600 (editions)

nonfiction classics lgbtqia+ poetry reflective medium-paced

Description

More or less 150 years after Homer's Iliad, Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos, west off the coast of what is present Turkey. Little remains today of her writings, which are said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandr...

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Moods

reflective 76%
emotional 52%
informative 36%
inspiring 33%
relaxing 21%
mysterious 13%
challenging 11%
funny 8%
lighthearted 7%
hopeful 4%
sad 4%
dark 2%

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slow 18%

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