Calypso By Suzanne Vega by Anders Olson https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg Reanna Vettranio, Taylor Seely, Aaron Pinkus, and Anders Olson en-us 2018-01-31 15:01:32 UTC 2025-10-04 08:59:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Calypso tseeley21 https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226596540 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

]]> 2018-01-31 15:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226596540 Comparison to The Odyssey aolson10 https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226597903 The song/poem showed a whole new side to Calypso. In the Odyssey, the epic showed Calypso as a sea nymph who is over attached to Odysseus. However, in this piece, it views Calypso as someone who is more passionate about Odysseus than what Homer let on. After Odysseus leaves the Island, it shows another side to Calypso. The song says  "I let him go" (Vega 24) and "It's a lonely time ahead." (Vega 36)]]> 2018-01-31 15:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226597903 Poetic Elements apinkus https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226598001 Repetition is included as given by "My name is Calypso" (1) to demonstrate a lasting effect on most readers. This phrase is generally a subtle method of acquiring sympathy for the author by establishing a continuous emphasis on the state of the character. These phrases are strategically placed at the beginning of most stanzas such that after reading the first an involuntary response will be initiated, and the reader will already prepare to be empathetic or feel sorrow. After each use of the aforesaid phrase, a flavor of assonance is used as stated, "... I have lived alone... My garden overflows... have let him go..." (2-31)  to apply a greater magnitude of emotional impact through patterns.]]> 2018-01-31 15:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226598001 Tone tseeley21 https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226598366 The tone of this poem is sad and conflicted. Calypso longs to be loved by Odysseus but knows she did the right thing by letting him go. The writer uses repetition of "I let him go" and "I have lived alone" to convey this tone. ]]> 2018-01-31 15:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226598366 Central Idea rvettraino2 https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226598400 The central idea of the poem/song is the act of letting go. Calypso is telling the story of how she has saved Odysseus and cared for him, but the let him go after seeing how he's hurt. She tells the audience about how she see's Odysseus cry and yearn for home. She then lets him go even though it hurts her and repeats the line, "I let him go"(Vega 13).]]> 2018-01-31 15:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226598400 Imagery aolson10 https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226604885 There is a lot of imagery in Calypso. An example of imagery is "Salt of the waves and of tears" (Vega 20-21). Another example of imagery is "My garden overflows, Thick and wild and hidden" (Vega 12-13). This quote describes how Calypso's life has been turned into misery. She is not taking care of her garden, and thick and wild makes it seem like something else is taking over. ]]> 2018-01-31 15:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226604885 Metaphorical Language apinkus https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226606309 The use of metaphorical language may be slight  yet abundant as given by "My garden overflows / Thick and wild and hidden / Is  the sweetness there that grows" (15-17). The subtlety in this wording may represent, as can be inferred from the rest of the entirety of the poem, the feelings of the narrator, a possible misery or happiness, but likely both. With the coming and departure of Odysseus, emotions become superfluous as the garden which sustains them is estimated as no longer capable. Nonetheless, through these feelings lies another at more profound depths, whether it be a complement to the above or one entirely diverse.]]> 2018-01-31 15:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aolson10/52zxpub25sqg/wish/226606309