Poem 9
[Aphrodite extend her hands and] invites
[worries] all not
[Momus welcome you to the] feast
[the jealousy of] Hera
[the curse of Zeus]
[be happy] as long as
[your destiny allow it]
[when the gods decide]
[the mortals follows]
the diagram is a general idea of Sappho feelings between love and despair (suffering), as well as the connection of those feelings with the influence of gods. The general mode of the poem with the diagram help me understand how the love of Sappho is also the origin of her suffering such as being both sides of the same coin. in the poem 31 the feeling of recklessness is imprinted because it list all the disadvantaged and negative feelings to end in an invitation to do something and and insinuation that even poor people can do something in times of despair. I reach this conclusion based in the mood of the legible parts of the poem were the doubt of the author is noticeable and the bitter feeling of wishing something else. also it seems that the author decide to not give up her destiny in the gods hands, and stop being an amusement for them. instead she proposed to take a risk instead of the bitter feelings she describe in the first half of the poem 31. I took this assumption based on the general diagram were the author emotions seems fighting each other and her despair and hope when the god decide to meddle. in the end anyone will be mad from being toyed and instead to not doing anything will be many times better take the risk and know that at least you did what you believe is correct.
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