Poetry changes with every generation, but it does not improve or progress. It just changes its styles, trappings and some of its obsessions, but we can still enjoy Sappho and Homer; they are today's news as much as when they were written or recited.
Sappho
Sappho
Lyric poet (c. 630–c. 570 BC)

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Sappho was Greek lyric poet (c. 630–c. 570 bc). Sappho was an Ancient Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by music. Read more on Wikipedia →

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