... husband's love, which would require her to live life as a traditional housewife. Madame de Staël leaves Corinne's dilemma unresolved and her protagonist, like Sappho, dies unsatisfied in both her love and her career. Published in 1807, Madame de Staël's work was widely read, serving "as both inspiration and ... deeply as they look to Landon as a new incarnation of the Sapphic conflict. Elizabeth Barrett Browning uses Landon's death to develop a new kind of Corinne-Sappho heroine. Browning uses the line (from one of Landon's poems) " do you think of me as I think of you?'- as a refrain ...

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... had, I am English with no background in Greek what so ever. Therefore I have to rely on the English translation. Once written in English however, Sappho's poetry becomes different, as the English words introduce sounds that are not able to rhyme or "flow" as the Greek ones could. Her poetry then ... , which she kept confined to the theme of "erotic passion as experienced within the context of a close knit circle of friends". As I previously said, Sappho's poems are written, for the most part, about her relationships with women. This has made her a cause for speculation in today's society...

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... are highly emotional. Melic poetry was composed for a single voice, unlike elegiac and iambic poetry. The poet usually sang the poem amongst close friends. Sappho who lived about 600 BC, was the most famous melic poet. Sappho's verse was so intense and passionate it is said that no other Greek love poetry has ever matched it. Other lyric poets composed choral lyrics ... ...

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