Examples Of Epilogue To Catullus

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Peering through the bushes, Catullus gazed upon his beloved. She sat in her garden, holding her delicate sparrow in her lap, unaware of Catullus. “Oh to be that bird!” sighed Catullus. “To be held by those perfect hands! If only I were Clodia’s sparrow!”
Hearing Catullus’s ramblings, Clodia jerked up and snapped her eyes on him. “What are you doing here?” she hissed. “You can’t be here. My husband could find you,” Clodia scolded Catullus as he emerged from his hiding spot. “I could not stay away, my love!” exclaimed Catullus, gazing upon Clodia adoringly. “A day without you is a day wasted. You are the ‘bright shining lady of my love!’ My heart would stop beating if I am apart from you,” he declared as he approached Clodia and sank to the …show more content…

“You are being ridiculous. Leave now,” she commanded. “If I want to see you again, I will let you know.” “Whenever you call on me, I vow to come, my love. Jupiter himself could not keep us apart! I await your summoning with the utmost impatience and yearning. However much time passes until I see you will be too long. Farewell!” cried Catullus as he planted a sloppy kiss on Clodia’s cheek. “Bye,” muttered Clodia, wiping her cheek and watching Catullus stroll away. She stroked her sparrow gently. “This is getting out of hand,” she murmured. In order to protect her status as a married woman, Clodia resolved to end her relationship with her dreamy poet. She would not call on him again. After some time, he would surely realize that she no longer has any interest in him. If he is such an expert in love and romance, then surely he would know when it ends.
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Catullus paced in front of Clodia’s house nervously. She had not contacted him after he had seen her three days ago. “She must have fallen ill” reasoned Catullus. Unable to stay away, Catullus had come to her house at night. Now he debated whether to approach despite the annoyance she had expressed during his last visit. Lacking both restraint and common sense, Catullus stopped his pacing and dashed toward her home. He then clambered over the wall into the central …show more content…

Can’t you take a hint? I didn’t call on you because I cannot stand this any longer. I cannot stand you coming here unannounced and reciting silly love poems to me. This relationship was never about love, you fool,” snarled Clodia as she glared as Catullus. “You’re saying that...you don’t love me?” murmured Catullus, his face falling. “How could I love a ridiculous poet like yourself? A true man is strong and influential rather than emotional and pathetic. That is the man I need,” claimed Clodia while Catullus slowly stepped away. “I...I feel as if my heart is shattering” gasped Catullus, placing his hand on his chest. Clodia snorted and began to walk back into her home. “Why don’t you write a poem about it?” she taunted over her shoulder as she disappeared. For a while, Catullus remained rooted to the spot, unable to move. Slowly, he stumbled towards the wall and pulled himself over it. He then spent the rest of the night, wandering the streets and asking himself what he did wrong to drive away the love of his life.
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“I just don’t understand!” cried Catullus to his friends Aurelius and Furius while they wandered the market in the forum.“I gave her everything. I loved her ‘as none will ever be loved,’” (Catullus

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