Love is composed of many powerful forces that are all consuming. Sappho, the poet in, If Not winter, writes about experiences in which, eros produces a gap between the subject and the desired object. With the use of vivid imagery and overt symbolism within fragment 105A, Sappho allows her readers to experience the uncontrollable emotions of desire and attraction that controls a person who is in love, even if it is impractical for her to have such feelings. This ultimately creates a tangible distance between the subject and the object she desires. In this paper, I will argue that yearning after an unattainable individual is all consuming and eventually produces madness within the subject. It is important to note that this perspective is through
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They both use nature to symbolize the the control that eros has over something that should be natural. Ultimately the forces off attraction, lust, and desire has control over the body. It forces you to develop this almost carnial urge to obtain an object that may be unrealistic for you to love. The effect on leaves, soothing is natural leaves has no control in this situation likewise her mind has no control of the forces feelings she is experiencing. This hints at the beginning stages of madness. “Eros shook my mind” Here mind is being shook by the overwhelming attractions involved in eros. She is losing awareness and power to reason presumably in the longing / yearning for another. As with fragment 105A fragment 47 shows how the subject has no control who the fall in love with and eros is the driving …show more content…
The subject has finally filled the gap. Although eros has practically left her senseless she finally accomplished her goal. These would seem like opposite poems but they are very similar .the “burned with longing” (48) and “as the sweetapple reddens” (105A) both display time passing as time continues the burning increases and as the sweetapple reddens and becomes ripe time. However fragment 48 ends with a reciprocation of the emotions while fragment 105v leaves the reader with a sense of
They both use nature to symbolize the the control that eros has over something that should be natural. Ultimately the forces off attraction, lust, and desire has control over the body. It forces you to develop this almost carnial urge to obtain an object that may be unrealistic for you to love. The effect on leaves, soothing is natural leaves has no control in this situation likewise her mind has no control of the forces feelings she is experiencing. This hints at the beginning stages of madness. “Eros shook my mind” Here mind is being shook by the overwhelming attractions involved in eros. She is losing awareness and power to reason presumably in the longing / yearning for another. As with fragment 105A fragment 47 shows how the subject has no control who the fall in love with and eros is the driving …show more content…
The subject has finally filled the gap. Although eros has practically left her senseless she finally accomplished her goal. These would seem like opposite poems but they are very similar .the “burned with longing” (48) and “as the sweetapple reddens” (105A) both display time passing as time continues the burning increases and as the sweetapple reddens and becomes ripe time. However fragment 48 ends with a reciprocation of the emotions while fragment 105v leaves the reader with a sense of