Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics

By Bliss Carman

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

Lost voices of an ancient poet live again, singing of love’s beauty, the pain of longing, and the echoes of desire.

Genres

Culture/Civilization/Society Literature Poetry

Released

2004-05-01

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Summary

"Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics" by Bliss Carman is a collection of poems from the early 1900s that creates a vision of the writings of Sappho, a poet from ancient Greece known for her skill with words and feelings. Carman reimagines Sappho's lost poems, trying to capture her unique way of writing and the ideas she explored, such as love, desire, and the beauty of life, in one hundred lyrical poems. These poems explore Sappho's strong emotions about love and the natural world, communicating with her loved one, investigating the difficulties and confusing world of yearning, and sharing experiences of loneliness and longing. Carman uses images of beautiful landscapes and powerful emotional moments, creates a picture of Sappho's world while connecting her experiences to modern readers through expressive verses filled with feeling.