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This week’s lesson: The fragments of Sappho, “completed”

For a quick lesson on Sappho and lyric poetry, I asked my World Literature (third year high school) students to continue writing what may have been lost in the fragments of Sappho’s poetry. I chose four fragments for them to choose from, and from them my students created their own poems. Below are some of… Continue reading This week’s lesson: The fragments of Sappho, “completed”

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Poetry Wednesdays: Fragment 31 of Sappho’s Poetry

After what’s probably the most eventful summer of my life — so eventful I haven’t had the time to blog everything! — I’m back doing work, preparing for the next school year. I’m reading some ancient Greek literature. All this is making me want to travel to Greece. We begin with mythology, of course, and… Continue reading Poetry Wednesdays: Fragment 31 of Sappho’s Poetry