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Latin IV

Catullus 85 – Literary Analysis

The following was prepared as an example of literary writing for the Latin AP exam. Odi et amo.  Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio.  Sed fieri sentio, et excrucior. In Catullus 85, Catullus uses diction and word order to explore the theme of conflicting emotions. The poem opens with the …