Virginia Aeneid - 505-558 Best Graded Exam Questions

Forsitan et Priami fuerint quae fata requiras. - ANSWER--Priam is the first proper noun we have, immediately turning the passage towards Priam urbis uti captae casum convulsaque vidit/ limina tecotrum et medium in petetralibus hostem, - ANSWER--we see through Priam's eyes and get a sense is completely helpless -508 is dactylic to show that the destruction of Troy is fast paced after the long years of the siege -triple c alliteration is used to emphasise his pain and foreshadows the violence to come -tricolon used for emphasis -polysyndetic list used to emphasise the desolation Arma diu senior desueta trementibus aevo / circumdat nequiquam umeris et inutile ferrum / cingitur, - ANSWER--emphatic positioning of arma (armour) right after hostem (enemy). Gives us a vivid impression of him being a very brave and heroic man -vivid present used (circumdat) -use of inutile (useless) to describe the sword is actually a reflection of the state of Priam rather than the sword -words like senior, trementibus, inutile reiterate his infirmity -senior (older man) used instead of senex (old man) to emphasise his age ac densos fertur moriturus in hostis. - ANSWER--densos (closely) and hostes (enemies) are an enclosing word order this gives a vivid impression of Priam and the situation he's in, (he will die surrounded by enemies) -doomed to die makes the audience feel pathos