31-53: Anna's reply

Question 1

luce

Answer 1

antithesis to ‘sepulcro’ (tomb) in Dido’s speech: he’s dead, you’re alive therefore you should go ahead and live

Question 2

solane

Answer 2

introduces rhetorical question; ‘solane’ subtly goes together with ‘solus hic’ in Dido’s speech - they belong together

Question 3

natos

Answer 3

socially desirable consequence of procreation; also deeply ironic as she has met the sons of Venus, Aeneas and Cupid, who have already put in motion her downfall

Question 4

Veneris praemia

Answer 4

sexual gratification; praemia counters D’s Pudor

Question 5

manis sepultos

Answer 5

asserts that the soul does not survive the body, which is later found to be incorrect: they are reunited in afterlife

Question 6

credis curare

Answer 6

c-alliteration is harsh and scornful, belittling the importance of the dead

Question 7

aegram quondam

Answer 7

implies Aeneas is the cure to this sickness of sorrow

Question 8

mariti

Answer 8

word usually means ‘husbands’, therefore making marriage a possibility, planting the idea

Question 9

non ante Tyro

Answer 9

she had no time to marry as she was fleeing - hyperbolic regarding the time she has been widowed

Question 10

triumphis

Answer 10

anachronism - a feature of Roman times, Aeneas’ future people conquering the lands

Question 11

placitone… pugnabis

Answer 11

plosive phrase creates a paradox that Dido is urged to solve

Question 12

consederis

Answer 12

2nd person sg.: places onus on Dido to provide added security for her people by marrying Aeneas

Question 13

hinc… hinc

Answer 13

anaphora groups the locations on either side of Carthage - this is geographically incorrect, which is a subtle hint that Anna’s view is not to be trusted

Question 14

cingunt

Answer 14

position of verbs enacts meaning - surrounded by danger

Question 15

insuperabile… infreni… inhospita

Answer 15

trio of adjectives with negative in- prefix

Question 16

dicam

Answer 16

implies she is stating the obvious

Question 17

germanique minas

Answer 17

half line - leaves time for Dido and reader to contemplate Anna’s argument

Question 18

dis auspicibus… Iunone secunda

Answer 18

these ablative absolutes are brought forward for emphasis

Question 19

Iunone secunda

Answer 19

ironic as the storm was the complete opposite of support - it was intended to sink A’s fleet, not send it to Carthage’s shores

Question 20

urbem… regna… coniugio tali… Teucrum armis… Punica

Answer 20

thematic chiasmus - places Aeneas in the centre of Carthage and its imperial future

Question 21

coniugio tali

Answer 21

enjambed to emphasise Aeneas’ role in Anna’s imagining of Carthage’s future; also ironic as this relationship will be disastrous for Dido and Carthage

Question 22

posce… veniam

Answer 22

ambiguous: permission to violate vow or forgiveness for even considering violating it? D’s downfall indicates that the pardon is not granted

Question 23

posce… indulge… innecte

Answer 23

tricolon of imperatives; very emphatic and convincing

Question 24

innecte

Answer 24

tragically echoes of Penelope’s weaving for the opposite purpose

Question 25

hiems et aquosus Orion… quassatae rates… non tractabile caelum

Answer 25

tricolon of unfavourable conditions for sailing = favourable for Dido’s cause of wooing him

Question 26

amore… pudorem

Answer 26

antithetically placed at the end of successive sentences - her pudor is blocking her amor