A | B |
alter amat, fugit altera | chiasmus |
innuptaeque aemula Phoebes | Daphne wanted to be like Diana |
petiere | syncope/perfect they _____ed |
Hymen | god of marriage |
Amor | "Love" metonymy |
generum mihi debes | said by Peneus to Daphne |
pulchra verecundo suffuderat ora rubore | GOLDEN LINE! and synchesis |
genitor carissime | this is what Daphne calls Peneus |
pater Dianae | Jupiter |
virginitate frui | this is what Daphne wants |
utque leves stipulae demptis adolentur aristis | simile about hedges being burnt |
laudat digitosque manusque | polysyndeton |
non incola montis, non ego sum pastor | said by Apollo "I'm not some mountain dweller" etc. |
sic agna lupum, sic cerva leonem | simile about certain animals fleeing predators |
Delphica tellus et Claros et Tenedos Patareaque regia | lands sacred to Apollo |
Iuppiter | Apollo's father |
per me...per me... | anaphora |
opifer | "Bringer of help" epithet for Apollo as medicine god |
nullis amor est sanabilis herbis | irony! love can't be cured and Apollo is god of healing! |
ut canis in vacuo leporem | simile about the dog biting the rabbit |
hic spe celer, illa timore | synchesis |
fer, pater, opem! | said by Daphne to her father |
arbor eris certe mea | said by Apollo to Daphne: if you can't be my wife, you'll be my tree! |
Triumphum/longas pompas | military celebrations in which the laurel plays a part |
agitasse | syncope- perfect active infinitive--to have ____ed |