The Poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus/101

=Text And Translation=

Meter - elegiac couplet

=Connotations of the Text=

Elegiac couplets were mainly used for love poetry; however, Catullus uses them here to try to express how deep his love for his brother was.

This Poem was written while Catullus was on a sight-seeing journey on his way home from Bithynia. He went via Troad where his brother had died and wrote the poem addressed to him. This is one of several poems in which Catullus tries to cope with the loss of his brother, who had drowned. The last words, "Hail and Farewell", are among Catullus' most famous.

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Catullus 101 Translation of Catullus 101

Catullus 101 Another Translation of Catullus 101