Tibullus 1.1 Lines 61-78 Notes Flashcards
What makes the vivid moment of burning become real?
Through future
In this part, where are the attributes of love transferred to?
The instant of cremation
What elegiac couplet technique is used on both line 61 and 62?
Chiastic order
What does ‘praecordia’ mean literally and poetically?
Muscles which protect the heart and the heart as a seat of emotions
What is the play on the word ‘praecordia’?
In front of her heart is not hard unlike the stubborn door which the enslaved lover sits. Once the outer defences are penetrated, there is no hardness at the heart itself either
What style is the reference of the heart to flint?
Pro-verbial
Why might Tibullus have chosen youths and maidens?
Who would not appreciate him as a poet
Saying ‘that funeral’ with distancing; is it deliberate?
Yes
What does it show in Tibullus repeating the idea of returning home?
The ease he switches between pastoral and elegiac themes and between life and death
What do tears normally do for ghosts?
Please them
What would Romans do in mourning?
Tear at loosened hair and scratch at their cheeks
What could ‘tenebris’ refer to?
A moment in time, an implement time uses or the darkness around the head of death
