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quod tam mihi dura viedentur strata, neque in lecto pallia nostra sedent et vaccus somno noctem, quam longa, peregi, lassaque versati corpois ossa dolent?

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that my mattress seems to me so hard and my covers do not stay on the bed and I have passed the whole length of the night without sleep and the weary bones of my tormented body ache

Ovid is describing his disturbed night

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esse quid hoc dicam

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what am I to say is happening

the order of words here highlights the distress that he feels

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dura strata

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hard mattress

the physical hardness he feels equates to the hardness or difficulties he faces as he falls in love

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neque in lecto pallia nostra sedent

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my covers do not stay on the bed

visual of the covers falling off

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noctem,quam longa, peregi

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I have passed the whole length of the night without sleep

the positioning of peregi - without sleep at the end of the line draws out the sentence to reflect how long the night seems

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versati corporis lassa ossa

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the weary bones of my tormented body

this gives a visual of Ovid tossing and turning in his sleep the word placement of lassa…ossa and versati…corporis highlights the movement

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dolent

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ache

Physical pain will be matched with Ovids love

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nam, puto, sentirem, si quo tempatrer amore an subit et tecta callidus arte nocet?

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For I would know, I suppose, if I were the victim of some attack of love or does it seal up and do its damage cunningly by secret wiles

Ovid does not know for sure whether he is in love or not. In these lines, sinister/negative language for what should be a positive emotion

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sentirem

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I would know

subjunctive
he is the only one who can relate to this distress

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temptarer amore…an subit…callidus…tecta

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attacked by love…or does it creep up…cunning…covered

all examples of military vocab

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temptarer amore

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attacked by love

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an subit

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or does it creep up

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callida

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cunning

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tecta

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hidden

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haereserunt

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have fixed

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tenues…sagittae

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invisible arrows

implies pain
linked to hunting implies that Cupid is the hunter and Ovid is the prey

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corde

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heart

linked to hunting implies that Cupid is the hunter and Ovid is the prey

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tenues

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invisible

linked to hunting implies that Cupid is the hunter and Ovid is the prey

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saggitta

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arrow

linked to hunting implies that Cupid is the hunter and Ovid is the prey

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ferus

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wild

makes love seem cruel and savage
linked to hunting implies that Cupid is the hunter and Ovid is the prey

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versat

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torments

linked to line 4 about the tossing and turning
linked to hunting implies that Cupid is the hunter and Ovid is the prey

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22
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credimus

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do we surrender

engaging the reader/audience

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luctando

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by struggling

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subitum

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unexpected

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accenderer ingnem
feed the flame fire imagery for love the more you resist the stronger the feelings get
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cedanus
let us surrender Ovid capitulates immediately! Other poets agonise for whole poems and books about being tortured by love. Ovid surrenders in a single word
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onus leve fit quod bene fertur
a burden which is readily borne becomes light This is a proverb. It was a standard exercise for those studying rhetoric to find as many ways as possible of expressing ideas contained in proverbs using different words and also to find as many examples as possible of the idea which the proverbs were expressing. Similar to the epithets in poem 1
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vidi...vidi
I have seen...I have seen repetition emphasises that surrendering has worked many times before from what Ovid has seen first hand
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iactatas mota face crescrere flammas
flames blaze up when fanned by the movements of a torch the torches fanned shows an increase in intensity but if left alone they die. torches are associated with marriage
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verba plura ferunt quam quos iuvat usus aratri detrectant prensi dum iuga prima boves
when oxen refuse their first yoke after being rounded up they suffer more blows than those who take pleasure in the work of the plough when oxen fight the yoke they feel more pain and by delaying boves meaning oxen to the end if the sentence it gives the impression of people suffering
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asper equus duris contunditur ora lupatis frena minus senit quisquis ad arma facit
a spirited horse has its mouth bruised by the hard teeth of the bit but one that adapts to its harness feels the bridle less taming a horse if it fights the bit more pain will be endured
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acrius invitos multoque ferocius urget quam qui servitum ferre fatentur Amore
Love assails the unwilling much more fiercely and ferociously than those who confess that they are enslaved now the same analogy shown in nature is shown in love showing that fighting the love makes it worse and more painful
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acrius...ferocius
more fiercely and ferociously comparative words that are used to highlight the pain
34
serventium Armor
slavery of love this is a stock theme of love poetry and is used from lines 18-46 in this poem. This also allows the parody of a triumph where cupid or love is the conquering general and his victims are those he has made fall in love
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preada
war prise a word with military overtones and linked with the idea of slavery
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porrigimus... manus
I stretch out.. my hands as if he has been captured and put in chains
37
iura
bidding he has been placed under control of love
38
pacem veniamque rogamus
I ask for mercy and peace subservent to love
39
nec tibi laus armis victus inermis ero
I shall not bring you glory conquered unarmed by arms ovid is no longer putting up a fight which contrasts with poem one
40
myrto
myrtle tree of venus
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columbas
doves
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currum
chariot the triumphant general's chariot would be drawn by horses here by venus' birds which are doves
43
victurus
stepfather ie Vulcan- cupid is the sone of jupited and stepson of vulcan just as augustus is the stepson of the divine julius- a hint to what is to come perhaps
44
capti capetaeque
captive...captive repetition dhows that both are captured and won over by love, both boys and girls are slaves to love
45
et nova captiva vincula mente feram
will bear my fresh chains with submissive mind nova- short goes with vincula-chains while captiva- log goes with the feminine mente- mind. Again ovids servile acceptance of Love is in stark contrast with the misery and agony of the other poets who have been enslaved
46
Mens Bona ducetur manibus post terga retoris et Pudir et castris quidqiud Amoris obest
Good sense will be in the procession with her hand s tied behind her back and Modesty and whoever resists Love's army personification of good sense and modesty highlights other elements captured and controlled by love
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Mens Bona
good sense worshiped as a goddess in rome
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Pudor
modesty Augustus passed laws designed to punish adultery and reward faithful marriage partners
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castris
camp Cupid as general image is maintained
50
Blanditiae
Flattery personification- what happens when in love
51
Error
delusion personification- what happens when in love
52
Furor
madness personification- what happens when in love
53
nudus
defenceless Ovid makes a joke for cupid is usually portrayed in art as a naked child. Here nudus id the equivalent of defenceless
54
mater
mother The Julian family claimed descent from Venus through Iulus, son of Aeneas. Ovid is preparing the ground for the reference to Cupid's relaitive Caesar i.e Augustus
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auratis...rotis
golden chariot rotis means wheels so this is an example of synecdoche
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aureus
golden gold was the metal of the gods. In a triumph the general had his skin dyed a reddish gold colour
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gema variante capillos...aures ipse
jewels adorning your hair...a golden figure the juxtaposition of jewels and gold in these lines highlighting the extravagence
58
ures
on fire passion of love can be harmful
59
fervida vicino flamma vapore nocet
your scorching flame does damage when its heat comes near alliteration of v and f highlights the harm caused by love and how it can be harmful
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alitibus
birds this is a reference to the doves of venus
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tigeribus
tigers Bacchus was often portrayed in art in a chariot drawn by wild beasts symbolising his wild power
62
tu gravis alitibus tigerebus ille fuit
you oppress with birds as he did with tigers compares god of wine to cupid not in a good way- lack of control baccus had tigers to draw his chariot, cupid has doves- ridiculous image of cupid. Ovid is trying to be comical
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parce..perdere
refrain from wasting Ovid again pleads for mercy since Cupid has been victorious since Ovid's immediate surrender at the beginning of the poem
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qua vicit, victos protegit ille manu
he protects the conquered with the hand with which he conquered them being conquered by the romans was a benifit for people
65
Caesaris arma
caesar's army Ovid maneges to link caesar to venus through Aenas. These lines can be seen of Caesar as a protector.
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plot explain
-Ovid struggles to sleep -Ovid victim of love -Ovid surrenders to love -Ovid gives nature examples of things being less painful when you give in : torches, oxen and horses -Ovid says love enslaves people -Ovid is cupids war prise -Triumph -Love harmful -Ovid compares Cupid to Baccus -Caesar conquers people

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