Sex/desire Flashcards
What quote about sails and boats shows women as sails and Ovid as a boat (shows his desire)
Smaller sails are suited to my boat
What quote has a pun - Latin euphemism for vagina - enjambment to accentuate the pun and delay the explanation
She spoke and she gave me a leaf and a few myrtle/ berries (since her hair was crowned with myrtle)
Myrtle euphemism for pussay
What quote could suggest that you should have sex while your young and beautiful- make the most of youth
Un-aided our beauties flew: pluck the flower which if not plucked will of itself shamefully fall
What quote about harvest could be a euphemism to sex and the idea that women can only have so much sex before they get worn out
The fields exhausted by continual harvest
What quote of iron and stone shows ovids idea that tho some things are blunted with use the vagina is not effected this way
Iron crumbles, stones worn away with use: that parts sufficient and escapes all fear of harm.
What quote about blush depicts women as sexual objects (could be about orgasm or makeup)
She who doesn’t blush by blood indeed blushes by art
What allusion to sex does Ovid use to say it is ugly in the doing
Many things that please when done are ugly in the doing
What sexual illusion do we have of Venus (talks about her hair)
Naked Venus squeezing water from her wet hair
What sexual innuendo do we get about erections
When it’s swollen he uses every aid
What quote shows Ovid abandoning social norms because of his desire
Still let parts of your lower shoulder and upper arm be naked to be admired
What quote shows ovids sexual direct address and his own opinion
I want to kiss your shoulder
What quote about a harp could be a sexual innuendo because of the inclusive pronoun “our”
Learn to sweep both hands across the genial harp that too is suitable for our sweet fun
What quote alludes to sex as a game and says it’s shameful if a girl doesn’t know how to play
It’s shameful for girl not to know how to play: playing often brings on love
What quote shows that if no one desires you there’s no point to your beauty
What’s hidden is unknown: nothing unknowns desired: there’s no ride for a face that truly lacks a witness
What fish metaphor compares desire to something natural and encourages you to always seek desire
Always dangle your bait: the fish will lurk in the least likely pool
