Sappho

Sappho was a highly regarded woman poet from Lesbo.

It was believed that she instructed others in music and

poetry. Love was the principle subject of her poems. She

lived c. 7th C B.C. She played music on an instrument that

is noted in line four of #'s poem: a "barbitos." This

instrument was an early form of the lyre.

Again, # is commenting on the elevated art of the old world, and

compares it to the "pianola," the instrument of the modern time.

Notice, if you will, that in line 3, # places " marks around the word replaces, thereby giving an ironic tone to the claim.

Could it be that # is suggesting that the lyrics of modern music is void of any poetry???????????? Very possible!! (Imagine that!)