Ode To Aphrodite Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DBEA CFAA BGCG CGFG HCG GGGC| Deathless Aphrodite throned in flowers | A |
| Daughter of Zeus O terrible enchantress | A |
| With this sorrow with this anguish break my spirit | B |
| Lady not longer | C |
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| Hear anew the voice O hear and listen | D |
| Come as in that island dawn thou camest | B |
| Billowing in thy yoked car to Sappho | E |
| Forth from thy father's | A |
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| Golden house in pity I remember | C |
| Fleet and fair thy sparrows drew thee beating | F |
| Fast their wings above the dusky harvests | A |
| Down the pale heavens | A |
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| Lightning anon And thou O blest and brightest | B |
| Smiling with immortal eyelids asked me | G |
| 'Maiden what betideth thee Or wherefore | C |
| Callest upon me | G |
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| 'What is here the longing more than other | C |
| Here in this mad heart And who the lovely | G |
| One beloved that wouldst lure to loving | F |
| Sappho who wrongs thee | G |
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| 'See if now she flies she soon must follow | H |
| Yes if spurning gifts she soon must offer | C |
| Yes if loving not she soon must love thee | G |
| Howso unwilling ' | - |
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| Come again to me O now Release me | G |
| End the great pang And all my heart desireth | G |
| Now of fulfillment fulfill O Aphrodite | G |
| Fight by my shoulder | C |
Sappho
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Shashi Ayer: Lovely translation
kyle david: wrote thi on a piece of notebook paper and then folded it into an origami heart. favorite poem rn ngl
Nina : Alluringly captivating and striking!
patck: I read the ode because I wanted to compare its form to my ode, "Ode to the Dog-Eared Page', written this last March, during a Covid afternoon, suffering a plethora of book reading. What I learned is she wrote 7 stanzas, where I had written only four. Does an ode need to have more than 4 stanzas? I also noticed the word usage was about the same: florid and over blown. Perfect!
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