Poem 1 Sappho
What I gathered from the poem is Sappho keeps on begging Aphrodite to fix her love life. It seems like Sappho has had many problems with love before, and she is asking Aphrodite to try and fix these problems. Sappho is currently in love and needs help to pursue this because she has had many downfalls before. Sappho does not want to be let down again, therefore she pleads to Aphrodite to try and do something about it. Aphrodite has helped her before in love situations it seems, but she continues to ask for help. Aphrodite ends up coming down to Sappho to speak to her. Aphrodite seems irritated to me, or tired of helping Sappho because she has done this so may times before. Even with the goddess of loves' help, none have proven to be successful. Aphrodite told Sappho that it would all work out for her eventually and love will come her way. As she is leaving, Sappho begs again for her to do anything right at that moment. Sappho does not have the patience to continue to wait for love, she wanted something to happen in the moment. I enjoyed this poem very much because of the way the interaction went. It was interesting to see that the two have interacted before and that something still gets Aphrodite to help Sappho.