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April 16,2025
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The intros and commentary are incredibly academic and off-putting to a novice like me, but the translation of the works is very readable. Eclogues 2, 3, 4 were my favorite parts. At times Georgics reminded me of Whitman's Song of Myself.
April 16,2025
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His first poetic collection, the Bucolics, features shepherds who talk, exchanging their ideas and sharing their feelings. This feature allows Virgil to sing about his love for nature, a source of nostalgia and fulfillment. But it is also an opportunity for him to express his dismay at the civil unrest of the time.
The Georgics retain the country decor. Unlike the Bucolics collection, this poem has an academic aspect. The author describes the works of the earth by releasing their techniques and, especially, by extolling their unknown charms.
By giving an example to the citizens of country life, in which he praises simplicity and wholesomeness, Virgil brings in some way its contribution to the politics of the time!
But he does not lower himself to a kind of simplistic propaganda.
The Georgics are like hymns to essential values, a great song about the beauty and grandeur of nature.
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