Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 The Poems 1. Catullus' poems are in varied meters, from dactylic hexameter to galliambic. 2. He is popular in English, translation such authors as Hugh Macnaghyen, F. W. Cornish, F. A. Wright, Horace Gregory, and Roy A. Swanson trying (with more or less success) to capture the essence of the verse in their various renderings. The Poems To Lesbia: The Lesbia poems deal with the following: 1. His intense love for her. 2. His inability to forget and renounce his love. 3. His bitter anger at the news of her infidelity to him. 4. His determination to keep his sanity despite...
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