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9. Amores 1.3: Just give me a chance

9. Amores 1.3: Just give me a chance

Dickinson College commentaries, 2016
Abstract
The first two poems have made it abundantly clear that the poet has fallen head over heels in love, and we also assume that things are not going well: lovers whose affections are reciprocated might speak of their passion (uror, 1.1.26), but they do not exclaim me miserum! and complain about Cupid’s arrows (1.1.25), or talk about being wounded (factum modo vulnus habebo, 1.2.29). Thus as Amores 1.3 opens we are not surprised to find the poet speaking of himself as the stereotypical unrequited ..

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