"Explores death poetry, including famous American and European poets and their poems, as well as literary criticism, poetic technique, explication, and prompts for further study"--Provided by publisher.
Contains a selection of writings by three Roman poets active between 84 B.C. and the early fourth century; including poems and epigrams by Catullus, three books of elegies attributed to Tibullus, and an anonymous poem celebrating a spring festival in honor of the goddess of love. Presented in Latin with English translations.
