Catullus 85

This poem relates a lot to poem 72. In 72 you find out that Lesbia has found another man and in this poem you find out more about Catullus's feelings about her. He still loves her but he hates her ecause he trusted her. The poem is only one elegiac couplet. Even though the poem is short Catullus gets his point across. He does this by using 8 verbs in a 14 word poem. He balances things like hate versus love and 4 verbs per line. Also at the beginning he has two first person singular verbs split by and, and at the end he has two first person singular verbs split by and. He uses the word excrucior to show that he is an immense ammount pain, but he still can't explain his feelings.

Catullus 72

How did you not know,
That she would do this to you?
And yet you love her?

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.

Catullus 69

Catullus is so critical of people. What makes him think that hes such a hot-shot? Sure this guy Rufus may smell a little, but did you have to go out and spend your time writing a poem about? Maybe this is Catullus's way of showing how much better he is than Rufus. He proves it to everyone and maybe even to himself that he is better than Rufus because he can write poetry. You have to be elegant to write poetry like Catullus and if you smell you are obviously not of high status. He does the same thing in poem 43, he outlines all the flaws of this girl to show that she shouldn't be considered beautiful. She isn't elegant enough for his taste. He is rude and mean throughout both poems, but there is one difference. Rufus may be able to help himself by cleaning up, but the girl in poem 43 can't change the way she looks. it just seems cruel that he would be so rude to someone over their looks. Maybe that goes to show what he looks for in a person, or maybe Lesbia. The poems aren't very alike in the way they are written either, in 43 he lists all of her bad qualities while in 69 he only talks about Rufus's one.

Catullus 92

This poem reminded me of Everbody Loves Raymond. His parents are always arguing on the show but when it comes down to it in the end they love eachother. It's almost healthy to have a little fighting going on and this is why Catullus isn't bothered. Throughout it all he still believes that Lesia loves him and that's all that matters to him. She is still saying bad things about him, like in poem 83, and he still thinks it is because she is in love with him. I liked the way that Catullus used symmetry in this poem. In lines 2 and 4 he practically repeats himself, but it is effective. It sounds and looks attractive in the poem.

Catullus 87

Once again Catullus is discussing his love for Lesbia. It's still cute how much he says he loves her, who wouldn't want love poems written for them? But I'm starting to dislike Catullus again, all his talk about love is starting to get old. You love her, we get it. Since the first poem he talks about how much he loves her, so he's probably telling the truth that he loves her the most. Maybe he keeps repeating because if he writes it down it will make it more real. Maybe he thinks the love might be too good to be true? Who knows what's going on inside Catullus's head. One thing I did like about this poem was the way Catullus uses the same word, nulla, at the beggining of each sentence. He does this a lot, especially in poem 43 with nec.

Catullus 5

Since the first poem we read Catullus has talked about jealousy. It started with his own and then shifted to people being jealous of him and Lesbia. Throughout the past few poems, as Catullus and Lesbia's relationship gets more defined, Catullus has been starting to grow on me. Of course he was super creepy when he was sitting watching her, but now that he has her, he treats her like a princess. What girl wouldn't want that? He lets her know that he doesn't care about anyone but her by telling her to consider the rumors to be worth a penny. He wants to forget everyone else, with their gossip and envy, and just focus on kissing her as much as he can. I think it's sort of romantic how he picks her over his reputation when she could just go back to her husband and leave him with nothing. I love lines 4-6, where Catullus talks about the sun being able to die and then rise again everyday. This is one of the first times he talks about something greater then just Lesbia. He shows how little we have in life and we have to take what we can (like a thousand kisses) in the moment. He uses hendecasyllabic meter in this poem just like most of what we have read already.