This poem reminds me a lot of Catullus 43. Catullus makes a list of a woman's features, to then go on to say that Lesbia is prettier than them. The difference in the poems is that in poem 43 Catullus list all the features that make her ugly, and in this poem he lists the features that make her beautiful. This woman reminds me of pageant queens, even though they are pretty they may not be the brightest of people. This shows that Lesbia is not only physically pretty but she also has a good personality. This poem is structurally like poem 43 because of the way Catullus lists the features but poem 43 is in hendecasyllabic meter and poem 86 has elegiac couplets.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Catullus 86
This poem reminds me a lot of Catullus 43. Catullus makes a list of a woman's features, to then go on to say that Lesbia is prettier than them. The difference in the poems is that in poem 43 Catullus list all the features that make her ugly, and in this poem he lists the features that make her beautiful. This woman reminds me of pageant queens, even though they are pretty they may not be the brightest of people. This shows that Lesbia is not only physically pretty but she also has a good personality. This poem is structurally like poem 43 because of the way Catullus lists the features but poem 43 is in hendecasyllabic meter and poem 86 has elegiac couplets.
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