How do you use Saffo in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Context around Saffo
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Saffo
- In this selection, "saffo" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, miserable, pacini, knew and loved stand out and add context to how "saffo" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ade of saffo but by and after saffo pacini entered. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "saffo" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with saffo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After Saffo, Pacini entered into another period of prominence. (9 words)
Saffo knew, tasted, and sang of beauty and love more than was possible for Leopardi. (15 words)
Some years later, he resumed composing, and, after one more setback, enjoyed his greatest triumph with Saffo (Naples, 1840). (19 words)
Saffo loved the light (Faone) but her life was made of shadow; she loved nature and beauty, but nature has been like an evil stepmother to her and she, who is sensitive, cultured and refined, is closed in the prison of a deformed body. (44 words)
Of the two twins, Leopardi dares to invoke only death, which is no longer symbolized by the horrid Ade of Saffo, but by a young virgin who grants peace for eternity. (31 words)
The anguishing and accusative questions which Leopardi poses to a destiny which has denied beauty to the miserable Saffo are cut short by the thought of death. (27 words)
Example sentences (6)
After Saffo, Pacini entered into another period of prominence.
Of the two twins, Leopardi dares to invoke only death, which is no longer symbolized by the horrid Ade of Saffo, but by a young virgin who grants peace for eternity.
Saffo knew, tasted, and sang of beauty and love more than was possible for Leopardi.
Saffo loved the light (Faone) but her life was made of shadow; she loved nature and beauty, but nature has been like an evil stepmother to her and she, who is sensitive, cultured and refined, is closed in the prison of a deformed body.
Some years later, he resumed composing, and, after one more setback, enjoyed his greatest triumph with Saffo (Naples, 1840).
The anguishing and accusative questions which Leopardi poses to a destiny which has denied beauty to the miserable Saffo are cut short by the thought of death.