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CONTRAXIT VVLTVM.= See at i 5 trahis uultus (p 149 9-10= form a tricolon, where each phrase represents the same action in progressively more specific terms: (1) 'dissimulas etiam' (2) 'nec me uis nosse uideri' (3) 'quisque sit audito nomine Naso rogas 9.— The Last Poems of Ovid
= The use of the third person adds to the emotive power of the tricolon 'ager ... hirundo ...— The Last Poems of Ovid
The emotional height of the tricolon, where Ovid describes poetic inspiration, gives way to a comparatively prosaic distich where he explains that the conditions necessary for inspiration do not exist at— The Last Poems of Ovid
= 9-10 = form a tricolon, where each phrase represents the same action in progressively more specific terms: (1) 'dissimulas etiam' (2) 'nec me uis nosse uideri' (3) 'quisque sit audito nomine Naso rogas'.— The Last Poems of Ovid

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