Prosaic Analysis

Losing love is the second worst feeling one can experience. Giving up love, and the regret that follows, is the first. Some of us are unlucky enough to turn away from a potential blossoming relationship, or even worse, one that was fully formed and thriving. Why we do so is a topic to be explored in a different post, by a different blog run by someone with at least a morsel of psychology knowledge. All I can offer here is one comfort: you are not the first to toss aside someo

Yes, I acknowledge that this is not typical content for an Aeterna Poesis post. With our name translating to “Eternal Poetry,” analyzing Latin Poetry goes without saying. But Latin prose? That type of analysis requires a different format and style, deviating from the beloved and comfortable form established in our previous posts. Rather than seeing a “Meter” or “Theme and Voice” section, this post will feature sections devoted to history and the structure of a Roman defense