Summary Of Love Poem By Sappho

Love is a strong, if not the strongest, power known to man, simply because it completely restructures human logic. Three words illustrate this restructuring. “Persuaded,” for that is what love does, persuade the heart. “Forsaking,” for that is what love persuades a person to do. And “palpitant,” for its sheer poetic truth, for how it perfectly describes the human heart racing from traditional logic to the the determined senses of love.
One might ask if love really shifts our logic to another realm or reasoning, where up is down and right is left, and thus anything done for love is logical— or if love simply persuades us to behave irrationally. What is done in the name of love seems perfectly rational to the lover and utterly foolish to the rest of the world.
Love is the great persuader— is easily inclines the hears of “young brides.” It cuts to the heart of the poem. When a persuader coaxes, they are nudging another person along, tugging at the persuaded’s heart. Perhaps “persuaded” isn’t the most evocative word in the poem, but it’s truthful. It’s plain to see. It passively aggressively sits there and moves the poem along.
The word “forsaking” in line seven paints love with a shadowy, souring tone, showing the reader that love in all its power can persuade us to forsake what we would usually consider to be logical, advantageous, and even good. Helen, for example, was once a queen, a mother, and a wife— a good and noble stations in life. Yet she left it all, she forsook her family for love, and the sins of her love caused much bloodshed. “Forsaking” taints the poems once almost wistful, love-conquers-all spirit. As Sappho states, “she whom one loves best” is the fairest. This is a sweet sentiment. “Forsaking” sours that