Critical Appreciation Of Sappho Poem

I was Incomplete I was sad and blue through the wilderness Didn 't know how lost I was
Somehow I made it through I made it I found you
Next to me

I 'll be yours Touched for the very first time you made me feel your heartbeat
I 'd nothing, you made me feel mine My fear is fading fast
Shiny and new
Like a virgin ah Gonna give you all my love T’ill the end of time
Been saving it all for you And you 're mine you make me bold Make me strong, for the very first time

scared and cold your love thawed out
With your heartbeat Next to mine
Touched you hold me, inside you made me feel

your heart beats With my heartbeat,
I love For the very first time 'Cause only love can last And you 're so good
Next to mine The exposition (above) was a creative response to Sappho, the response was a poem “translation” of themes within Sappho, constructed from the lyrics to a pop song which shared the same themes with the Sappho. The pop song chosen was Madonna’s Like A Virgin, the poem was made from the deconstructed lyrics. The poem is entitled Maidenhood. …show more content…
The purpose of reworking a pop song to a Sapphic lyric poem was to demonstrate the universal nature of the concepts of love and desire explored within Sappho. Also; the sheer complexity of emotion and how one text can be interpreted and reinterpreted, the craft and technicality of writing and how it can become warped with slight restructure. It was also important to use a medium and structure which reflects that Sappho lived during the oral tradition moving into the literary tradition, poetry was composed for