please help me to understand this poem
Awed by her Splendor by Sappho
translated by Mary Barnard
Awed by her splendor
Stars near the lovely
moon cover thier own
bright faces
when she
is roundest and lights
earth with her silver
i have no idea what this means! can someone please help me.
i have to compare it to to themes of a song and im thinking of Angeles by Enya?
please tell me what you think
2007-11-06 10:12:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
wow.
any ideas for a song that matches the themes of this poem?
i d
2007-11-06 10:41:54 · update #1
It's a poem that describes the moon ... describes a full moon, outshining the stars around it.
However, in describing the moon it sort of relates to other lunar themes particularly woman - woman as moon, outshining nearby stars with her splendor and her round bright face lighting the earth
2007-11-06 10:21:54 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
paraphrase:
Amazed (wowed!) by the moon's splendor beautiful stars near the moon hide their own bright light when the full moon is roundest and its silvery light brightens the earth.
It is about the beauty of the stars which is dimmed by the full moon. Like the queen whose splendid glamor dims that of princesses. Kind of when the cat's away, the mice would play.
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2007-11-08 07:02:21 · answer #2 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋