The Anactoria Poem
A1: This narrative poem from the classical period or classical era, was written by a person called Sappho. It is a brief description, or perhaps the author's opinion of Helen of Troy. It brings to mind the aspect of both ground and sea military units. The poem goes on to describe Helen as more beautiful than any other human. Helen then presumably forgets about her husband and child, then marries Paris of Troy and then his brother when he died. At the end of the poem I presume the writer is reminiscing of a lost lover called Anactoria who would gaze at the chariots in Lydia together with him. Perhaps a love poem written either to or about Anactoria after her passing.
A2: This poem is none like I have witnessed in the past. Most of the poetry I have read has had a “sing song” beat to it along with rhyming schemes. I used to be in the US Navy so I related to the opening about how a fleet would be most beautiful. This part caught my attention and interest for the ending. Without ever being out to sea in the
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Ferguson, Margaret W., Salter, Mary J., and Stallworthy, Jon. The Norton Anthology of Poetry. fifth ed. N.p.: W.W. Norton, 2005. 2120-2121. 2 Print.
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This essay is anchored on the goal of looking closer and scrutinizing the said poem. It is divided into subheadings for the discussion of the analysis of each of the poem’s stanzas.
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Homer, Iliad is the narration of the Trojan war. The Trojan war was one of the most important and significant wars of Greek mythology, Homer described how the war was triggered by the abduction of the most beautiful women known as Helen. This paper will argue how the traditional view of this poem is accurate because it indeed was Helens beauty and her selfishness that sparked the Trojan war. Although Helen was not happy about the outcomes of her mistakes. This paper will present how Helen faced many forms of self judgment, how she created many relationships with significant characters, such as Paris, Priam and Aphrodite. Homers portrayal of this significant women was remarkable as we were able to feel her pain and anguish, the readers were
Once the reader has been successfully drawn into the poem it becomes clear that the soldier telling the tale is both proud of his Queen and scornful of his role in her life. Pride for Queen and country shines t...
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