The isles of greece s The isles of greece the isles of greece Where burning Sappho loved and sung > Where grew the arts of war and peace, >Where Delos rose, and phoebus sprung Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set (Sappho Greek lyric poet Delos: a name of island; Phoebus: Appollo
The Isles of Greece ► The isles of Greece! the isles of Greece! ► Where burning Sappho loved and sung, ► Where grew the arts of war and peace, ► Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! ► Eternal summer gilds them yet, ► But all, except their sun, is set. (Sappho: Greek lyric poet Delos: a name of island; Phoebus: Appollo)
Question 1 What does Greece mean to Europeans? Greek civilization is the fountainhead of the European culture HIT
Question 1 What does Greece mean to Europeans? Greek civilization is the fountainhead of the European culture
Question 2 Allusions are frequently used in this poem. Try to interpret the function of allusions in the stanza burning Sappho the arts of war and peace Phoebus to set a sharp contrast between the past and the present of Greece but all, except the sun, is set
Question 2 ►Allusions are frequently used in this poem. Try to interpret the function of allusions in the stanza. burning Sappho the arts of war and peace Phoebus to set a sharp contrast between the past and the present of Greece. “but all, except the sun, is set
s The scian and the tejan muse The hero's harp the lover's lute, >Have found the fame your shores refuse > Their place of birth alone is mute >To sounds which echo further west e Than your sires islands of the blest (Scian: of Scio, birthplace of Homer; Teian of Teos, birthplace of anacreon)
2 ►The Scian and the Teian muse, ►The hero's harp, the lover's lute, ►Have found the fame your shores refuse; ►Their place of birth alone is mute ►To sounds which echo further west ►Than your sires' "Islands of the Blest.“ (Scian: of Scio, birthplace of Homer; Teian: of Teos, birthplace of Anacreon)
Analysis of the stanza 2 >allusion the scian and the tejan muse synecdoche: The hero's harp the lover's lute glorious in the past while refusing the fame and being mute to the sounds at present
Analysis of the stanza 2 ►allusion: The Scian and the Teian muse ►synecdoche: The hero's harp, the lover's lute ►glorious in the past while refusing the fame and being mute to the sounds at present