Calypso by Valeria Londono https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2 By Suzanne Vega en-us 2017-08-30 14:56:55 UTC 2026-02-25 23:22:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Calypso - By Suzanne Vega vlondonogarcia https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183709094 My name is Calypso
And I have lived alone
I live on an island 
And I waken to the dawn
A long time ago
I watched him struggle with the sea
I knew that he was drowning
And I brought him into me
Now today
Come morning light
He sails away
After one last night
I let him go.
My name is Calypso
My garden overflows
Thick and wild and hidden
Is the sweetness there that grows
My hair it blows long
As I sing into the wind
My name is Calypso
And I have lived alone
I live on an island
I tell of nights
Where I could taste the salt on his skin
Salt of the waves
And of tears
And though he, pulled away
I kept him here for years
I let him go
My name is Calypso
I have let him go
In the dawn he sails away
To be gone forever more
And the waves will take him in again
But he'll know their ways now
I will stand upon the shore
With a clean heart
And my song in the wind
The sand will sting my feet
And the sky will burn
It's a lonely time ahead
I do not ask him to return
I let him go
I let him go
]]> 2017-08-30 15:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183709094 5. An example of METAPHORICAL LANGUAGE and an explanation (cite) sschulz4 https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183710140 An example of metaphorical language in the song Calypso is the lines, "I will stand upon the shore with a clean heart." (Vega 36-37) This describes how Calypso feels as though she will no longer have to live with a guilty conscience and her heart will feel "clean" once she lets Odysseus go. ]]> 2017-08-30 15:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183710140 Poetic Element vlondonogarcia https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183710249 In Suzanne Vega's song, she uses poetic devices such as repetition in "My name is Calypso" and "I let him go". She also uses consonance in line  24 of the poem in "Where I could taste the salt on his skin".]]> 2017-08-30 15:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183710249 Theme ddelgadillo2 https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183711560 The theme of the poem was that you have to deal with lost in your life and you have to deal with it 
"I will stand upon the shore
With a clean heart"(Vega 36-37).]]> 2017-08-30 15:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183711560 Differing Viewpoints sschulz4 https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183713113 The song "Calypso" describes Calypso as willingly letting Odysseus go because she believes in her heart that it is the right thing to do. "The Odyssey", however, portrays Calypso as reluctant and unwillingly to let Odysseus leave her island because she selfishly wants him to stay with her forever. ]]> 2017-08-30 15:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183713113 Imagery vlondonogarcia https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183713289 An example of imagery in "Calypso" is in line 40 when she states, "And the sky will burn". This paints the picture of the sky burning due to Calypso's pain due to Odysseus leaving.]]> 2017-08-30 15:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183713289 Tone ddelgadillo2 https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183714483 The tone of the poem is sad because it shows Calypso's lost and how she is dealing with it.]]> 2017-08-30 15:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/vlondonogarcia/27eo451ysyr2/wish/183714483