more baucis and philemon

caducifer

wand-bearing

iuncti

united

annis iuncti iuvenalibus

united in their young years

fatendo

acknowledging

(poverty was unimportant as they acknowledged it)

"tota domus"

whole home

"dominos illic famulosne"

masters there nor servants- equal

paupertas

poverty

levis

unimportant

caelicolae

heaven-dwellers

parvos

small

penates

house, household gods

humilis

humble (door)

textum rude

a rough woven cloth

sedula

busy

nutrio

nourishes, feeds (the fire)

what is a metonym?

like a euphamnism

eg. penates- household gods- juxtaposes the couples poverty and the greatness of the gods

riguus

well-watered

sordidus

sooty/ dirty

servatus

preserved

undis

wave, water

hyperbole

domat

softens, tames

semonibus

with conversation

enclosing word order- trying to hide the delay

tepidis... fovendos

warm... warmed

artus

limbs

nisi tempore festo

except during holiday time

emphatic line placement

non indignanda

not to be deemed unwworthy

vilis

cheap

vetus

ancient

vestis

bedspread

salignus

made of willow

lecto

bed

attoniti novitate pavent

Astonised at the strangeness they were fearful,

per se

by itself

paveo... timidus

fear, fearful

synonyms

veniam...orant

begged pardon

enclosing word order

shows how they were consumed with apology

daps

feast (hyperbole)

paratus

preparation

parabant mactare

preparing to slaughter

fatigat

wore them out

minimae

superlative

very small

dabitur

give

it will be granted

malum

evil, destruction

pareo

obey

baculum

walking stick, staff

nituntur

strive

auratus

golden

dignus

worthy

aperit commune

common decision

concordes

in harmony

mutuus

shared

dum licuit

while they could

cacumen

treetop

parilique

similar, equal

atlantiadus

peripherysis

poetic description to add elegance and class the gods as being mythical and otherwordly, not deserving mere mortal names

clausere serae

the bolts shut

short snappy phrase- mimicks coldness and rejection of others

sera

bolt

parlique aetate

equal in age

parvos...penates

the smallness is seperated from their house- unimportant and not defined by it

ignes suscitat hesternos

awakens yesterdays fire

- long lasting warmth - enjambment

assonance- breath of an old woman

weak- gives what she can

foco

hearth / fireplace

tepidum cinerem

warm ash

nutrio

nourishes

folicus

leaves

cortice sicco

dry bark

multifidus

split into many pieces

minuo

made smaller

fovendos

needing to be warmed

mollibus

soft

villis

cheap

anser

goose

superi

gods - superlative

vetuere

forbade it

impia

wicked/ irreligious

mersa

submerged

palude

marsh

baculis

walking stick/ staff

longo

long- enclosing word order

communis

joint / common

soluti

weakened

annis aevoque

years and time

mutua... dicta

shared words- their decision is enclosed by their spoken shared words- shows thoughtfulness and equality

frutex

shrub