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| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Rooy, Cindy Van |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Within the framework of the introductory and concluding passages, the four main sections or scenes are clearly distinguished by the poet himself. The beginning of each is marked by a significant term or name in the first or second line ('docti', 6; 'Viscum . . . Varium', 22f; Maecenas, 43; Fuscus Aristius, 61); and the conclusion is in each case indicated clearly by the use of a 'Schlussformel' consisting of a sententia or of a proverbial expression. 2 A relative symmetry is obtained by the more or less equal length of the horizontally corresponding sections (i) and (vi), and (ii) and (v); this may be extended to (iii) and (iv) if we arrange the centre-piece on the 'lis' theme separately (36b-43a=7 verses) : thereby section (iii) is reduced to 15 verses, roughly equal in length to that of (iv) (17 verses). Heinze has rightly pointed out that the theme of the lawsuit which finally leads to Horace's escape is introduced in the middle of the poem. Now strictly speaking the ' lis' theme, as a sub-section of the second main section, starts at vs. 36b ('et casu tum respondere vadato'); and it is probably no coincidence that this theme (7 verses) stands numerically exactly in the centre of the poem between vss. 1-36b ( =35! verses) and 43b-78 (=35t verses). It is probably significant too that the satires of Book I which are most symmetric in structure are 3,6 and 9, and that all three deal in various ways with the theme of Friendship. At the same time we may note that the external scheme |
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| Language | English |
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| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
