Everything you need to understand or teach Sappho to Philaenis (Poem) by John Donne.
"Sappho to Philaenis" is a lyric poem by early modern metaphysical poet John Donne. It was originally published posthumously in Donne's Poems in 1633. The poem is an example of Donne's reinterpretation of Ovid's Heroides, a cycle of poems about famous lovers. In the poem, the Greek poet Sappho defends likeness in love, an argument that has been interpreted as synonymous with homoerotic desire.
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