There are no questions (yet) for Sappho's poetry, since I want to ease into the readings and discuss how we read and interpret poetry (especially incomplete poetry). So read pages 5-17 for Friday's class and we'll do a brief in-class response to some big idea in the poems.
Bring your book to class! You may need it. :)
Also, on the left hand side of the page are editor's notes about each poem. You don't have to read them if you don't want to, as they simply give background information about each poem and the art of translating it. I'll talk about some of this in class. Just be sure to read the poems themselves.
REMEMBER, the poems are incomplete except for the one on page 9. That's her only complete poem that has survived. So read these poems knowing that they might not make 100% sense, and look for the metaphors and the ideas that hint at larger things. Don't read these poems for a story, the way you would a normal book.
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