Themes
Virgil characterizes the original plot of land in this way
What is unproductive/barren/etc?
The text is told as though it were this (memini me)
What is a memory?
The old man's name is an example of a -blank- that has been intentionally left out
What is a detail?
The translation of 'mensas'
What is 'tables'?
The tool in the forefront man's left hand
What is a plough?
This creature is alluded to consistently throughout the text
What is a bee?
This season is given the most description in the poem.
What is winter?
The repetition of 'nec' is an example of this technique.
What is 'polysyndeton'?
The translation of 'arbos'
What is a tree?
Cilicia is in this modern-day country
What is Turkey?
This word is used repeatedly in the text to show the farmer's dedication. Give the Latin.
What is 'primus'?
The old man feels himself equal to this sort of person because of his rich results
What is a king?
Virgil uses metonymy by replacing the word for -blank- with Bacchus.
What is 'vines/grapes'?
Translate the seasons: aestatem, hiems, vere, autumno
The social status of the two men in the photo
What is labourers/slaves/workers?
These four things are mentioned to further underline the farmer's hard word
What are the 4 seasons?
Virgil mentions two items of produce (fruit/veg) planted by the farmer, name 1
What are apples and cabbages?
Virgil uses hyperbaton here 'dapibus mensas onerabat inemptis' to have this effect
What is content reflected by word order OR tables surrounded by the feasts-unbought
The translation of 'sera nocte'
What is 'late at night'?
The reason for which Virgil mentions lime-trees and pines.
What is bees like/use these trees?
This unlikely and hyperbolic event occurs in the final lines to show the prowess of the farmer
What is when his trees produce as much fruit as original flowers
The old man complains about these two things; name one.
What are the lateness of summer and the sluggish West Winds?
Virgil delays a verb until the following line of the poem, an example of this rhetorical device.
What is enjambment?
The farmer extracts 'spumantia mella'
What is 'foaming honey'?
One of two possible reasons for which Virgil chose Cilicia as his location (one from civ)
What are: 1. Cilicians were known to be good gardens 2. Pirates were resettled by Pompey into Cilicia