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Catullus 1 is traditionally arranged first among the poems of the Roman poet Catullus , though it was not necessarily the first poem that he wrote. Its meter is Hendecasyllabic . It is dedicated to Cornelius Nepos , a historian and minor poet, though some consider Catullus' praise of Cornelius' history of the Italians to have been sarcastic. The poem alternates between humility and a self-confident manner; Catullus calls his poetry "little" and "trifles", but asks that it remain for more than one age. This understatement is likely deliberate; Catullus knows very well the quality of his poetry, and also the provocative form it has. He also calls his work "new"; the poems are recently made and therefore new, but they are also new as some of the first examples of Neoteric Poetry in the Latin language. TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND SCANSION Macron s ( ¯ ) denote Long Vowels ; Breve s ( ˘ ) denote short ones. Bolded vowels (a) are long by nature (and are Diphthong s when two vowels in a row are bolded but only the second has a macron), whereas other long vowels are only such because of their position in the line. Poetic Elision is shown with struck text ( The stressed syllables in each word, commonly represented by Accute Accent s ( ´ ), are here instead Underline d (a). The macrons and breves indicate the poetic Meter , while the stress gives a stronger indication of the actual pronunciation. NOTES |
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