Sapho Compare/Contrast

The poem by Sappho certainly does encompass significant meanings and implications, which relate to the issue about love. First of all, it is interesting to see that what Sappho has said in her poem is still true for some of us. Of course, the most interesting point, and the point which is of most concern to us, is how Sappho has said what she has said. The poem directly begins with a personification of love, where the word “love” is written as “Love”(line 1). This implies that Sappho regards love as not as a mere feeling, but as a being. Mor

In conclusion, both poems resemble how love may hurt, in rather different ways, like Sappho’s poem which is about falling in love, or Theocritus’s poem which is about falling in love, but not being able to share it with that loved one. Interestingly enough, mankind still suffers from similar situations. In other words, for love, time is not important. Therefore, Sappho seems to be very correct indeed: love is the “bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done”.

Another poem that deals with torment and pain, is Theocritus’s poem. However, this poem is very interesting, as Theocritus, or the Cyclops, who is the actual speaker, compares his lover to fruits and animals, which are found in nature. However, if we recall that the Cyclops was also a shepherd, it should not strike us as extraordinary. Therefore, one may state that the speaker regards his lover as natural, someone from nature. For example, Theocritus has written, “gentler than a lamb” (line2) and “firmer than an unripe grape” (line 3). It is interesting to see how one could speak of his lover with such words. Nowadays, this would

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