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The Isles of Greece 1. Background knowledge (history of Greece) The Isles of Greece 2. Persian Wars (500–448 BC) The Isles of Greece 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. (Sappho: Greek lyric poet Delos: a name of island; Phoebus: Appollo) Question What does Greece mean to Europeans? Question Allusions are frequently used in this poem. Try to interpret the function of allusions in the stanza. burning Sappho the arts of war and peace Phoebus 2 The Scian and the Teian muse, The heros harp, the lovers 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.“ (Scian: of Scio, birthplace of Homer; Teian: of Teos, birthplace of Anacreon) Analysis of the stanza 2 allusion: The Scian and the Teian muse synecdoche: The heros harp, the lovers lute glorious in the past while refusing the fame and being mute to the sounds at present Stanza 3 The mountains look on Marathon -- And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamd that Greece might yet be free For, standing on the Persians grave, I could not deem myself a slave. Question What’s significance of Marathon in this stanza? Stanza 4 A king sate on the rocky brow?? Which looks o’er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below,?? And men in nations;—all were his! He counted them at break of day— And when the sun set, where were they? King: Persian king Allusion: martial war at Salamis to indicate the past glorious time Stanza 5 And where are they? and where art thou,?? My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now—?? The heroic bosom beats no more! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? Encouragement and adv