Poetry ReviewHorace Horace 3.2 1. What motto of Augustus is in this poem? 2. What would be an improper way to die?

Being struck in the back while retreating Why? 3. Who is Poena? Why is her description significant? 4. What is the Hellenistic tradition that Horace is alluding to? What is his goal? 5. Identify the literary device on line 2. Chiasmus 6. On lines 11 and 12 cruenta and ira are an example of Hyperbaton. 7. The poem can be divided into two halves. What is the relationship between the two halves? First half is a romantic picture of the prowess in foreign wars. 2nd half Virtus domestic/political-4 8. The most important word in the poem is __________. Why? 9. Horace uses Greek lyric tradition to promote Augustan ideology. Who is Simonides and what did Horace borrow from him? 10. What term is synonymous with any eastern enemy? Parthian 11. What metonymy occurs on line 5? Sub divo 12. What is apotheosis? To make divine. 13. We are not immortal. How do we achieve immortality? Achieve Virtus through courage. Horace 3.6 1. This poem is a jeremiad. What does this mean? Long literary work (verse) lamenting the state of society. 2. What is the literary device on line 4? Synchysis 3. What is the metaphor on line 17? It is a metaphor for modern times. 4. Give an example of syncopation. Dont forget line number. Inquinavere line 18 5. What is the focus of this poem? Raising standards of morality. 6. What is the allusion that opens this poem? Allusion to the Emperor Augustuss program of temple restoration. 7. Why is the military losing? Due to religious neglect and sexual immorality 8. What information do critics use to date this poem? 9. What is the sacred paradox of imperium? 10. Hesperus is personified. Why is she sorrowful? Who is she? She is sorrowful for her defeats. 11. When did they believe that the decline of Roman morals began? 88 to 31 BC Horace 3.8 1. What time of the year does this poem occur, and what event is transpiring? March 1st Matranolia, Festive for married women

2. Why is Horace participating in this event? He escaped death from a falling tree 3. What is the significance of the colored goat? 4. Who is Maecenas? 5. What is making their private life possible? The possibility of only there being a relaxing party. 6. What is the theme for this poem? 7. How did the Romans assign dates to events? 8. Explain procedures used with wine. Jugs were placed in a smoky attic over the kitchen fires. 9. What hymnic device is used in this poem? Sapphic Strophe Horace 3.10 1. This poem is a paraklausithyron. What does this mean? Serenade outside a locked door What is always the focus of attention in poems of this type? Accusations and pity 2. Since Lyce is Etruscan, what expectations does Horace have about her? 3. What literary formula is in use? 4. How do we know that Lyce is wealthy? 5. What may the purpose of the alliterative p in the fourth strophe serve? 6. Explain the ethos in the third strophe. 7. What is implied by the name Lyce? 8. What literary device is used in line 15 and what is its purpose? Horace 3.14 1. Who is missing from the list of participants? Why might this be? 2. What is the occasion for this poem? 3. Why is Hercules mentioned? 4. How is this poem constructed to indicate the interlocked relationship between Horaces private and public voice? 5. What is special about the wine in Horaces request? 6. Horace makes a key point in the fourth stanza. What is he telling us? 7. How does Horace use metonymy in the last stanza? Horace 3.21 1. What literary formula is used in this poem? 2. What word or phrase is used to make sure no god is omitted? 3. How do Romans tell the passage of time? Find an example from the poem. 4. What is the purpose of this poem? 5. Who is Corvinus? 6. Explain the word play using the term descende on line 7 and the word madet on line 9.

Horace 3.22 1. Whom is Horace addressing? 2. What is being dedicated? 3. What does he mean by the phrase diva triformis? Who are they? 4. The structure is that of a ________________. It can also be called a _____________________. 5. What is being sacrificed? What is its significance?

Horace 3.24 1. What philosophy is presented in this poem? 2. Nails of adamantine are very hard. What rhetorical device does Horace use to make them seem even harder? 2. How is Fate personified in line 6? 3. Where is the allusion to Octavian? 4. How does Horace register his complaint against materialism? 5. What building technique is mentioned in the beginning of the poem? 6. What folk types are discussed in lines 17-24? 7. How did many Romans view the conquest of the seas by sailors? Horace 3.28 1. This poem can be considered a metaphor for life. Explain and give examples. 2. Why does he talk about Neptune? 3. What activities does he plan on doing? 4. What does the name Lyde tell us? 5. Whats special about Caecuban? Horace 3.30 1. What type of monuments does Horace describe? 2. Where is Aufidus and who was Daunus? Why does he even mention them? 3. How does he divide this poem into three sections? 4. Who is Libitina and how will he avoid her? 5. What is the meter of this poem? Where else is it used and why is it significant?