1. After reading these poems, it seems like Catullus is the type of person who only has eyes for his love. Though he clearly agrees that Quintia is attractive, It’s not good enough for him. In his eyes there is no one more beautiful then Lesbia. After doing some research, I learned that Lesbia is the name he uses in his poetry to represent the woman he was deeply in love with. In the poem It Is clear that everyone thinks Quintia is stunning. Since Catullus loves Lesbia, in his eyes she is the most beautiful, and stunning woman ever. He says, “Lesbia’s beauty is total” which means she is the complete woman. I believe that when you are in love, you always believe that your love is the best looking because they are in your eyes. Its as if love places a spell on you to have eyes only for that one person. If your love was average looking and the person next to them was stunning. You would probably say your love was the most stunning of the two. Catullus is a man who is in love and is not afraid to express it. His vision of beauty expresses just that.

2. In poem 32, Catullus begs a woman (ipsitilla) to meet with him secretly like lovers do. He asks her to stay indoors and get herself ready for nine rounds of sex. He describes that he is ready to go and satisfy her needs. If she wants it, all she has to do is give the order.

In poem 33, Catullus speaks of this father and son who are both thieves. He describes that they are sneaking around bathhouses. The father is more of a thief while the son is busy selling his body like a prostitute. Catullus shows disgust when he says “why don’t you both get the hell out of here and go to the devil?” He then mocks them by saying the father’s reputation is well known, as a thief and the son couldn't sell himself for a penny.

In poem 37, Catullus attacks these men in a bar who are kind of offensive in a sexual way. He asks them if they think they are the only ones with a penis? And do they think of others as nothing more then goats? He then goes on to express his love for this girl who has left his embrace and has been having sex with all these men. There are about 100 to 200 of them there. It seems she is prostituting herself to these men and that is the reason for Catullus's anger when addressing the men in this bar.

The common theme in all three poems is sex. There are some other themes such as prostitution and sneakiness. In all the poems he shows different emotions towards sex. In the first he is excited and begging for it with his love. In the second, he is disgusted by this boy selling sex. In the third, he is upset that his love is selling sex to these men. Catullus social commentaries are valuable for modern times. There is not much that has changed therefore his opinions are not outdated. There is still prostitution but its done more quietly and the views he has on sex are pretty much still around.

3. Romantic love is two people who are deeply in love and very passionate about each other. There is a difference between loving someone and being in love with someone. Loving someone can mean anything. You love your family, your friends. It simply means you really care about that person. When you are in love with someone it means you do more then just care about them. You think about them all the time, your excited to see them, you wish to spend every moment of everyday together. Your world revolves around this person and there is nowhere you would rather be then with that person. This love turns romantic because you do anything to make your love happy and the feelings are so strong that everything from small to big will be romantic.