Sappho, Yeonsoo Kim

I really liked the poems of Sappho. Not only the soft tone of writing but somewhat dreaming and phantasmic mood throughout the poem. I wish I could read and understand Greek language so that I would be able to read the original version of her poem. Because language and translation might have had affected on the tones and the moods of the poem. When I searched more about the writer herself, I found the very interesting characteristics of her. First thing is that she was as pretty as Aphrodite, the goddess, and the Second one was that she was a lesbian. I think both points kind of made her poem to be more attractive rather than degrading her work. As I read her poem, it made me feel like I want to read more of a poem that contains love and humanity .