I am a little confused about this week's satire. For anyone who's seen English satire-the writings of Jonathan Swift and South Park are but two examples-the goal of satire is to exaggerate a problem to prove a point. Good old Trimalchio is another fine example. Is Satire 1.9 an exaggeration of legal proceedings and social customs? Just wanted to check.
I like the odes. They're pretty. There are a few difficulties, but not too horrible. I like the images of nature in a lot of them. I particulaly like the one about Chloe. The imagery in there is quite nice. Horace was clever, using wordplay in his poem (Chloe = green bud; images of spring). I think I'll like Horace a bit.
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