Jenelle Fiori; Sappho and Catullus

First of all, I'd like to point out that I am extremely confused as this blog and what we should be posting so I'm just going to go with Sappho and Catullus.

The Poem of Sappho is very graphic about the emotions of hate, love and desire. It, as I think it does, describes a woman's hate for her husband who either died or cheated on her. She yearns for love because she feels that relationship lacked it. She personifies her virginity as if it had run away or was taken away from her. She is very hateful in saying that no one will remember her husband and that only cowards such as gods and men could call death evil- which is what she diminishes both to.

Catullus also talks about a lost love in whom the daughter had lost when he cheated on her. In this poem, man is also compared to the gods in a negative way. The poem also mentions Lesboa, who is the most beautiful woman (or maybe its a city?) the speaker has ever seen and who the speaker has fallen in love with. The description of Lesboa is bright and radiant while the description of the man is dark.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!