Catullus 8

This poem reminds me of Catullus 51. In the end of 51 Catullus is addressing himself, just like in the beginning of this poem. He does this when he is trying to forget his emotions. In 51 he wanted so badly to be with Lesbia, but when he thought about it he reprimanded himself. He told himself that idleness is a problem for him, because he thinks of Lesbia, and that it had destroyed both kings and cities. In this way he is almost predicting the outcome of their relationship, he spends all his time and effort on Lesbia and then she destroys everything he thought they had. In poem 8 he is reprimanding once again for loving Lesbia. He is telling himself that their relationship is dead and to tell her goodbye. He talks about the sun shining brightly on him which reminds me of poem 5. He talks about the sun dying and in this case it did. He also talks about the sun being able to come back everyday, but in his and Lesbia's case it could never come back. He begins to sort of insult her like he did with other people in many of his poems. He says that no one will want her because she commited a sin, which lets her be held to a lower status. Catullus hates people who are not of the upper class. In the end he starts to trail of and getting sad that Lesbia will be with someone besides him, ut once again he comes back to reprimand himself. This poem is neither in hendecasyllabic meter or elagiac couplets. It is the logest poem we have seen so far and it shows many of Catullus's feelings instead of just one.