Catullus and the Neoteric Poetry Movement

h lead and smoothed by pumice.
             When you read this, that charming and sophisticated
             On the contrary seems to be a ditchdigger.
             What are we to think that this is? He who just seems to be a jester
             Or if there is anything more sharp than this thing
             That same man is more witless than the witless country,
             At the same time as he touches poems he becomes an idiot
             Neither is the same man ever equally happy as when he writes poems:
             He rejoices in himself so much and he admires himself so much.
             Without doubt we are all deceived the same
             Nor is there anyone whom you are not able to see as Suffenus in another situation
             His own error has been attributed to each person
             But we do not see what of a backpack is on our back.
             First off Catullus makes it clear that this man is very intelligent and a very witty person. Homo est venustas at dicax et urbanus (He is a charming man, and witty, and sophisticated). All three of those words, venustas, dicax, and urbanus, are great words of praise in the neoteric dictionary. But some people are j
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