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The Forest and the Trees: Pattern and Meaning in Horace, Odes 1
- American Journal of Philology
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 129, Number 4 (Whole Number 516), Winter 2008
- pp. 559-580
- 10.1353/ajp.0.0028
- Article
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Abstract
The first book of Horace's Odes features a pattern, similar to that of the Parade Odes, in which tree names are introduced without repetition. This pattern is not simply a formal feature but contributes to a motif, which begins in Book I of the Odes but continues into Books 2 and 3, in which the relationship between humans and trees is depicted as a symbol of poetic mastery. By demonstrating his ability to create and arrange a poetic grove, Horace thus announces his command of the lyric genre.
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