My Woman says there's nobody she'd rather marry than me, not even Jupiter himself if he asked her. She says, but what a woman says to a hungry lover you might as well scribbled in wind and swift water.
Analysis
ANALYSIS TEXT
I Crossed Many Lands and a Lot of Ocean
Catullus
I crossed many lands and a lot of ocean to get to this painful ceremony, my brother, so I could finally give you gifts for the dead, and waste time talking to some silent ashes being that you're not here yourself with me. Fate did wrong, my brother, to tear us apart. But I did bring you those offerings now anyway, after the old custom our parents taught us. Take them, soaked with your brother's tears, and forever more, my brother, goodbye.
Analysis
•"I Crossed Many Lands and a Lot of Ocean" is written in iambic tetrameter
•The poem contains no rhyme scheme
•This poem incorporates apostrophe in its writing. This element is used to discuss the emotions that the protagonist feels in his brother's absence.
•The poet is trying to express the hardship that one suffers when dealing with loss of a family member. The character in the poem has lost a brother and is taking a gift to the brother's tomb, which is a great distance from the character's home. The poem explores the theme that loss cannot be substituted with gifts.
My Mind's Sunk So Low, Lesbia, Because of You
Catullus
My mind's sunk so low, Lesbia, because of you, wrecked itself on your account so bad already, I couldn't like you if you were the best of women, or stop loving you, no matter what you do.
