Catullus Poem 7
Catullus 7 Essay In poem five Catullus wrote an invitation to his girlfriend Clodia, who he addresses as Lesbia to hide her true identity. This is because Clodia is older than him and she is married. He asks her to join him in a life of love. We can then assume that after reading this poem Lesbia asks the question “how many kisses?” Because Catullus, in poem seven, responds to Lesbia’s question and uses many similes to show how much they would love each other. The readers can therefore see a thematic connection between poem five and seven based on the poems’ content, diction, and structure. Catullus creates two poems, which show his immense love and affection for his girlfriend, Clodia. The content of the poems is the same and the
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Both poems are written in the same meter called hendecasyllabic. These poems written in same format cause the reader to associate them with each other. Also the poems both contain multiple number words. In poem five this can be seen when Catullus says, “Da-centum(give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then another thousand, then a second hundred, then immediately another thousand, then a hundred.)(lines 7-9)” In these lines Catullus uses multiple number words to describe the amount of kisses he wishes to share with Lesbia. These great amounts of kisses cause the readers to understand how much Catullus loves Lesbia and how great his affection for Lesbia is. Also these lines are emphasized by Catullus’s use of anaphora, or repetition of the whole word. He the number words “mille” and “centum” multiple times to show the immense numbers of kisses and his great love for his girlfriend. Also he uses anaphora with the words “dein” and “deinde” to show that after one set of kisses then there will always be another. This causes readers to come to the conclusion that he never wants the kisses to stop. In poem seven Catullus is further expressing his great love for Lesbia. In this poem he demonstrates he loves her a lot by also using the theme of counting. But in this poem he compares the amount of kissings he wishes to have with Lesbia to large numbers of other things.
Both poems are written in the same meter called hendecasyllabic. These poems written in same format cause the reader to associate them with each other. Also the poems both contain multiple number words. In poem five this can be seen when Catullus says, “Da-centum(give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then another thousand, then a second hundred, then immediately another thousand, then a hundred.)(lines 7-9)” In these lines Catullus uses multiple number words to describe the amount of kisses he wishes to share with Lesbia. These great amounts of kisses cause the readers to understand how much Catullus loves Lesbia and how great his affection for Lesbia is. Also these lines are emphasized by Catullus’s use of anaphora, or repetition of the whole word. He the number words “mille” and “centum” multiple times to show the immense numbers of kisses and his great love for his girlfriend. Also he uses anaphora with the words “dein” and “deinde” to show that after one set of kisses then there will always be another. This causes readers to come to the conclusion that he never wants the kisses to stop. In poem seven Catullus is further expressing his great love for Lesbia. In this poem he demonstrates he loves her a lot by also using the theme of counting. But in this poem he compares the amount of kissings he wishes to have with Lesbia to large numbers of other things.