Poem 8 (Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire)

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Poem 8 ("Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire") is a well-known Latin lyric by Catullus in which he admonishes himself to abandon a failed love affair and regain his self-respect.

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Poem 8 (Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin poem ⓘ
love poem ⓘ
lyric poem ⓘ
addressedTo the poet’s own heart and behavior ⓘ
addressee Catullus himself ⓘ
linked to: Catullus
approximateDate 1st century BCE ⓘ
associatedPerson Lesbia ⓘ
author Catullus ⓘ
catalogNumber Catullus 8 ⓘ
centralConflict reason versus passion ⓘ
collection Carmina of Catullus ⓘ
linked to: Catulli Carmina
contains address to the unresponsive beloved ⓘ
contrast between former joys and present rejection ⓘ
speaker’s decision to end the relationship ⓘ
culturalContext Roman elite love affairs ⓘ
emotionalArc from lament to attempted resolve ⓘ
form short lyric ⓘ
genre neoteric poetry ⓘ
influenceOn later European love poetry ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
length relatively brief ⓘ
literaryDevice apostrophe ⓘ
contrast between past and present ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
literaryPeriod Roman Republic ⓘ
literaryTradition Roman love elegy precursor ⓘ
meter choliambic ⓘ
metricalForm scazon ⓘ
motif refusal of further humiliation ⓘ
remembered happiness ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
openingLine Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire ⓘ
originalTitle Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscript tradition of Catullus ⓘ
studiedIn classical Latin curricula ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism ⓘ
philological commentary ⓘ
theme emotional self-control ⓘ
failed love affair ⓘ
loss of love ⓘ
self-admonition ⓘ
self-respect ⓘ
tone bitter ⓘ
resolute ⓘ
self-critical ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catullus → hasWork → Poem 8 (Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire) ⓘ
Poem 51 (Ille mi par esse deo videtur) → inCollectionWith → Poem 8 (Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire) ⓘ