Pyramus and Thisbe: The Wall

The walls in the story are a barrier between the two young lovers, Pyramus and Thisbe. When the wall is first introduced in line 57, a small history is given. "Dictur altam coctilibus muris cinxisse Semiramis urbem." The flaming bricks which Semiramus had built the walls with could serve as a defense to keep people out, but also keeps the lovers stuck in a city which doesn't accept their love. Throughout the story, the wall seems to be the antagonist, where at one point it is called a "invide paries." The use of the personification shows how deep of hatred the lovers have of their separation. However, they're also grateful for the fact that the wall allows them to communicate somehow, without the whole house knowing it. The wall mainly serves as an antagonist though, because it seems to take the side of the rest of city, keeping Pyramus and Thisbe away from each other and not allowing anymore than talking between the two.

Pyramus and Thisbe (Lines 54-77)

Ovid's story of Pyramus and Thisbe contains many different types of figures of speech. One of them which he uses is called metonymy, whic is when something or someone is referenced by naming one of its attributes. For example in line 60, "Taedae quoque iure coissent" talks about a wedding torch being lit. This refers to Pyramus and Thisbe's want to get married by talking about lighting, or starting, their wedding torch, or marriage ceremony.
Another example of a figure speech being used could be found on line 73, which says "'Invide,' dicebant, 'paries, quid amantibus obstas?'" The words invide and paries are paired up together, but walls cannot be hateful or jealous. Ovid is using personification in this line, which gives human traits or characteristic to inanimate objects.
Yet another figure of speech that can be found is a metaphor, a term or phrase applied to something to which isn't literally applicable in order to suggest resemblance. This can be found on line 64, which says, "quoque magis tegitur, tectus magis aestuat ignis." This basically means that the love and desire for each other grew between Pyramus and Thisbe while they were kept apart from each other by their fathers and the wall.

Catullus 8

Limerick:

You use to be the light of my eye,
but that all changed for you as time went by.
Who will love you now?
Whose kisses you allow?
For I can say to you good-bye.

Catullus 75

In this poem, Catullus has a personal reflection all that has happened in his last few poems with Lesbia. In the first two lines of the poem, the mind of his character has been "officio perdidit ipsa suo" which is a more powerful thing to say about his inner being than to simply put that he is sad or heartbroken. Also, the word "omnia" seems to have a more negative conotation at the end, to show that there would be nothing that Lesbia could do in order to gain the respect that she has lost from Catullus. By saying "nec desistere amare, omnia si facias" Catullus is able to show how distanced his character has gone from his love interest and the disappointment that is felt by him.