Stylistic Features 32-39

Question 1

Lines 32-33

Answer 1

Preponderance of spondees = leisurely pace. Appropriate as CM is settling into life of ease

Question 2

Subito ingens

Answer 2

ELISION - 4 syllables, speed of surprise. Strong adjective - emphatically at end of line, sounds distinctly ominous to tiny mice

Question 3

valvarum strepitus:

Answer 3

Valvae = double doors, usually a temple but here spacious dining room.
Slaves entering to clear away previous nights banquet - scares mice

Question 4

lectis excussit utrumque

Answer 4

Humour - mice reclining on couches like Romans

Question 5

strepitus lectis excussit utrumque. Currere per totum pavidi conclave, magisque…

Answer 5

Alliteration of letters s/x t and c/q helps conveys noise of interruption

Question 6

currere per totum pavidi conclave, magisque exanimes trepidare

Answer 6

Historic infinitives. Vivid narration - sense of urgency

Translated as perfect tense. Used when series of actions occur one after another. Urgency

Question 7

Molossis personuit canibus

Answer 7

Looked like mastiff, used by Romans as tracker and watch dogs.

Expect cats rather than dogs but more dramatic?

Question 8

Lines 36-37

Answer 8

Metre = lots of dactyls = fear, speed, panic and thumping hearts.

Question 9

haud mihi vita est opus hac

Answer 9

Brisk and language is simple. No fancy philosophy, common sense . Rational. Wanted to side with CM

Question 10

ervo

Answer 10

type of pea plant. Word applies generally to meagre diet of poor country diet.

Security of his home will console him for the loss of fancier food