Calypso by Carl Wolpert https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2 Carl, Emily S, Anna, Will S en-us 2017-08-30 18:38:13 UTC 2018-12-22 04:20:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Calypso cwolpert1 https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183782734 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 18:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183782734 Tone wschleisman1 https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183784557 The tone of the poem is  longing and sadness. An example is "Its a lonely time ahead" and "I do not ask him to return"]]> 2017-08-30 18:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183784557 Theme aschmelzeis https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183786568 The theme or central of the poem is how Calypso claims she saved Odysseus and how she longs for him even after letting him go. Also, it's about Calypso's struggle for getting over Odysseus. An example of this is when Suzanne Vega writes,
 "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.." (23-29).]]> 2017-08-30 18:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183786568 Comparison escott91 https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183786625 The poem is told from a different viewpoint of the Odyssey, as the poem is told from Calypso's point of view. Calypso's feelings about Odysseus leaving are not as recognized in the Odyssey, but in the poem she is a woman with a deep feeling of loss. Instead of making Calypso a bad person who kept Odysseus captive for years, the poem sets her as a strong woman who overcomes her strong feelings for Odysseus for the gods.]]> 2017-08-30 18:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183786625 Imagery cwolpert1 https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183789005 This poem shows a lot of imagery about Calypso and where she lives,  
"My name is Calypso 
My garden overflows...
My hair it blows long 
As I sing into the wind" (Suzanne Vega 14-15, 18-19). She also gives us an idea of where she lives, 
"My name is Calypso 
And I have lived alone 
I live on an island" (21-23). We can also see imagery in this poem when she talks about Odysseus and we can see how much she cares for him because she had been alone for so long. 
"Salt of the waves 
And of tears 
And though he, pulled away 
I kept him here for years
I let him go" (25-30).]]> 2017-08-30 19:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183789005 Repetition aschmelzeis https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183789380 Suzanne Vega uses repetition of "My name is Calypso" in her poem as a way to emphasize that Calypso is the main focus of the poem and the story is about Calypso's emotions (sadness, longing, and grief).]]> 2017-08-30 19:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183789380 Metaphorical Language escott91 https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183793531 The poem uses metaphorical language when she says, "the sand will sting my feet/ And the sky will burn" (Vega 39-40). She uses this metaphor to emphasize her sorrow for her loss of Odysseus. This metaphor means that once she finally forgives Odysseus for leaving, the memories will come back and make her miss him more.]]> 2017-08-30 19:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cwolpert1/k1olzoefuqo2/wish/183793531