From Canto III {The Isles of Greece} 1
The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung. Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. 2
The Scian and the Teian muse,
The hero's harp, the lover's lute,
Have found the fame your shores refuse; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west
Than your sires' 'Islands of the Blest.'
QUESTIONS:
1. Who is the writer of these lines?
2. It is taken from the writer's masterpiece entitled ____________. 3. Who is "Sappho" in line 2?
4. Who is "Phoebus" in line 4?
5. Whom does the "Scian muse" refer to?
6. What does the whole section "The Isles of Greece" write about?
7. This selection consists of two six-lined stanzas of iambic tetrameter, with a rime scheme of _____________.
1. Byron
2. "Don Juan"
3. Sappho is an ancient Greek poetess (c. 600 B. C.) , known for her passionate love lyrics.
4. It's Apollo, the Greek Sun-god.
5. Homer, because Scio claimed to be the birthplace of Homer.
6. The section "The Isles of Greece" is among Byron's most effective poetical utterances on national freedom. All the 16 stanzas are supposed to have been sung by a Greek singer at the wedding feast of Don Juan and Haidee on the isle of Greece. In the song, by contrasting the freedom enjoyed by the Greek ancient
