Sappho Fragment and Diagram Takeaway

Poem 18 Revision  

Pan

to tell [ you the truth my,

tongue [ has been blessed by the gods

to tell tales [ of your epic odyssey

and for a man

greater [ than a god you will be described as.

Diagram Takeaway

I feel that someone she is in love with does not even notice her presence and she is very heartbroken. She has a friend she is talking to possibly trying to get advice on when or will the person notice her. I think this because she states “cold sweat holds me and shaking grips me all” this sounds to me like she melts when thinking of him. I diagrammed it in flow chart  to represent her feelings from beginning to end. After drawing this diagram I was able to better understand her deep emotion for her partner that she expressed.

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