... traded away love in exchange for her fame and, alone, she ends her life by plunging herself into the sea with a plea, "give me peace, dark sea!- Sappho's death lends a metaphor to her legacy. Like a ship lost at sea, Sappho buries herself and her pain in the depths of the mighty deep. However, her works remain and like "lost gems, and ... her angst. She admits "if song be past, and hope undone, and pulse, and head, and heart are flame; it is thy work, thou faithless one!- Her songs and art define her; yet are worthless to bring her happiness because society expects her to be a servile h...

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• Grade Level: High School