Catullus 75

This poem is very similar to poem 72 because these are the only two poems that say negative things about Lesbia. In poem 72 he gets mad at Lesbia because he thinks she only knew him. I believe this relates to his negative statement in this poem because he talks about how her sin drags down her mind. I think the sin is how she doesn't only know him. I believe this because both poems are strikingly similar about the negative aspects of Lesbia. For example, in both poems Catullus talks about respecting Lesbia less. The way he does it in this poem is in a more negative way because he comes out directly and says to Lesbia, "I am not able to stop loving you." In poem 72 he says it in a nice way because he doesn't direct it to Lesbia, but we know as readers that he it is about her. Catullus instead, talks about respecting less in general way by saying, "such an injury forces a lover to love more, but to respect less." Another similar aspect that connects both of these poems together is the fact that even thou Catullus says these bad things about Lesbia he ends up saying that he will still love her. For example, in poem 72 he says Lesbia is, "multo vilior et levior", which makes him made, but at the end of the poem he still says he loves her. Then in this poem he hates how his, "huc est mens deducta tua." He doesn't like this because he goes on to say that he is going to respect her less.