12 - Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae Flashcards
1
Q
Who wrote Non Sum Qualis Eram? What decade was it written?
A
Ernest Dowson
1890s
2
Q
What movement is Dowson often associated with?
A
Decadent Movement
3
Q
What 2 things characterised the Decadent Movement?
A
Self-loathing
Perversion
4
Q
What characteristic did Dowson retain in the adult world?
A
His childishness
5
Q
What is the speaker obsessed with in the poem?
A
His lost love
6
Q
What is the Latin translation of “Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae”?
A
“I am not what I was under the rule of Cynarae”
7
Q
What poem does Dowson’s poem pay homage to? Who wrote this?
A
Odes IV Volume I
Horace
