Early Love Poetry

[ofcatslives]

Firstly, I would like to commend Rosita on her lecture, it was both informative and interesting. I particularly enjoyed how she asked for the input of the class on the meaning of certain poems before giving her analysis. I feel that this made for an interactive environment that kept the class interested

Comments

[may_posa1]

Wow, again I am speechless, dont know what to say. You've cited, explained and illuminated on the work of Sappho, nice job. I am just curious about the other poet that we didnt get to talk about, Catullus, I want to know more about him, do you have an example of one of his works or a site to direct me to his poetry? I remember her saying that he dealt with the obscene, which is always interesting, he also blended love and hate, but did he consider Eros? Oh also I agree with your point about Sappho (which will probably be mentioned in my post in a few minutes) that she is often reduced to a single lesbian genre, strange considering she could be called a bisexual, being married and with kin. Well have a good holiday. I will keep suffering through my work.
-Lesley-Anne

[ofcatslives]

Hello Lesley-Anne, thank you for responding to my post.

If you are interested in Catullus I would recommend visiting the sites Rosita posted on the community blog. I visited the sites and I found them to be quite informative. Otherwise, perhaps try doing a 'google' search on him.

Have a great trip home to B.C.

Janice

[tricia_stewart]

Janice, your posts just keep getting more and more informative if that's possible :) Both of the poems you selected were beautiful and fit exactly into what you were discussing. Have a wonderful holiday!

-Tricia

[ofcatslives]

Tricia, thank you. I wish you a wonderful holiday as well.

Janice

[roger_kuin]

Very good and useful post. The image of a chariot being drawn by a flock of swift lovely sparrows is astonishing, even after thousands of years.
One point: the Greek name for Death is Thanatos, not Thamatos.

[ofcatslives]

I am so pleased that you have found this post to be useful as that was my intention when writing it. Thank you for the point on my spelling, I will make the correction in my post.

Janice