baucis and philemon

Question 1

Iupiter huc specie mortali cumque parente

venit Atlantiades positis caducifer alis.

mille domos adiere locum requiemque petentes,

mille domos clausere serae. tamen una recepti,

parva quidem stipulis et canna tecta palustri,

sed pia Baucis anus parilique aetate Philemon

illa sunt annis iuncti iuvenalibus, illa

consenuere casa paupertatemque fatendo

effecere levem nec iniqua mente ferendo.

nec refert dominos illic famulosne requiras:

tota domus duo sunt, idem parentque iubentque.

Answer 1

enjambment between first and second line creates suspense
anaphora of mille domos and alliteration in clausere serae is reflective of their rejection and doors locking
vivid description shows their poverty
anapora of illa : they grew old
juxtaposition between dominos famulos to emphasise the contrast
peripherysis

Question 2

Latin Text (Lines 12-25)
ergo
submissoque humiles intrarunt vertice postes,
membra senex posito iussit relevare sedili,
cui superintexit textum rude sedula Baucis.
inde foco tepidum cinerem dimovit et ignes
suscitat hesternos foliisque et cortice sicco
nutrit et ad flammas anima producit anili,
multifidasque faces ramaliaque arida tecto
detulit et minuit parvoque admovit aeno,
quodque suis coniunx riguo collegerat horto
truncat holus foliis; furca levat ille bicorni
sordida terga suis nigro pendentia tigno
servatogue diu resecat de tergore partem
exiguam sectamque domat ferventibus undis.

Answer 2

parvos penantes (small house hold)- vsual split reflects the small household
senex (old man) reminds us of is frailness
sedula (busy) baucis- name at end outlining she is busy
amina anilli (breath of old women) tecto (roof)- part of her self and her house
reppetition of parvo outlines how little she gives
her own husband
multiple verbs outlines their effort and polysyndeton throughout full passage of conjuctions outlines efforts taking a long time

Question 3

nterea medias fallunt sermonibus horas

sentirique moram prohibent. erat alveus illic

faginens dura clavo suspensus ab ansa;

is tepidis impeletur aquis artusque fovendos

accipit. in medio torus est de mollibus ulvis

impositus lecto sponda pedibusque salignis;

vestibus hunc velant quas non nisi tempore festo

stemere consuerant, sed et haec villisque vetusque

vestis erat, lecto non indignanda saligno.

accubuere dei.

Answer 3

internal rhyme medias horas (interveining hours)
fallunt (they while away) persofication of time suggesting they trick time
first line enclosing word order - fill the time