Passion Fades

Question 1

Contrast between L1-4 and L5-8

Answer 1

L1-4: Then
L5-8: Now
Switches from past to present tense.

Question 2

‘nosse’

knew

Answer 2

Reference to having sex.

Question 3

Placement of Catullus and Lesbia L1-2

Answer 3

Their names are next to each other but on separate lines to indicate the break in their union.

Question 4

Placement of Catullus and Jupiter L1-2

Answer 4

Both Placed at the end of lines to provide a contrast.

Question 5

Whys it important that he loved her like a male relative?

Answer 5

Their loves was based less on physical attraction, more on a deep connection.

Question 6

‘impensius’/ ‘levior’

excessively/ unimportant

Answer 6

Contrast between the two emotions Lesbia evokes from him.

Question 7

‘uror’, ‘vilior’, ‘levior’

burn, cheap, unimportant

Answer 7

homoteleuton- rhyming technique where they all end in ‘or’.

Question 8

‘injuria’

injustice

Answer 8

Firmly places the blame on Lesbia.

Question 9

‘amantem’ and ‘amare’

Love

Answer 9

Both from the same root word- polyptoton.

Question 10

‘cogit amare magis, sed belle velle minus.’

Forces a lover to love more, but to like less’

Answer 10

> Cogit- first word, these emotions are not a choice.

> Contrast between loving and liking, reinforces by ‘magis’ and ‘minus’.