Ovid, Amores 1.1 – The Poet Hijacked by Cupid

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Ovid begins writing an epic but is interrupted by Cupid, who forces him into writing elegy instead of epic.

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Theme: Love vs. Epic

The conflict between love poetry and epic is presented through metaphor and parody. Ovid ironically rejects Cupid while simultaneously embracing love poetry—playing with genre expectations.

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“Pieridum vates, non tua turba sumus.” (“We poets are of the Muses’ crowd, not yours.”) Recite: Ovid ironically rejects Cupid while simultaneously embracing love poetry—playing with genre expectations.

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Device: Elegiac Meter

The meter reflects Ovid’s shift in genre; it shows how even the poem’s form is taken over by love.