Question 2 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 to set a sharp contrast between the past and the present of Greece but all, except the sun, is setQuestion 2 ►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 to set a sharp contrast between the past and the present of Greece. “but all, except the sun, is set