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1
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Verani

Veranius

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Catullus’ friend returning from Spain.

Starts with his name to emphasize his importance.

2
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e meis amicis… mihi

of my friends… me

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emphasis on himself, and his own happiness

3
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omnibus… millibus trecentis

out of all… by three thousand miles

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hyperbolic declarations- happiness

4
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penates

household gods

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Gods are listed before mother and brothers- most important.

5
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freatresque unanimos anumque matrem?

your brothers of one mind and your old mother?

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nice line arrangement

pastoral scene with emphatic adjectives

6
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Venisti

you have come.

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Emphatic 1 word sentence

7
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Visam… audiam… suaviabor

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1st person verbs

8
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visam te incolumen audiamque Hiberum

I will see you safe and hear you talking- as is your custom

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line has 3 elisions- a sign of haste and excitement (also uses enjambment)

9
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loca, facta, nationes

the places, exploits and tribes (of Spain)

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uses asyndeton- haste and excitement

10
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ut mos et tuus

I shall soon kiss your…

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lightly mocking. friendship

11
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iudundum

mouth

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uncommon word. Enthusiastic hedonism

12
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beatiorum. …beautisve

happier. ..happier

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repetitive line endings becuase he is just SO happy.