Rhyming also conveys emotion in the Aeneid. The first four lines of the epic read: "Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate, / and haughty Juno's unrelenting hate, / Expell'd and exil'd, left the Trojan shore. / Long labors, both by sea and land, he bore." This opening passages also show how regular the meter is in the Aeneid, as each line has ten "feet." The translators do a good job of converting the meter and rhyme but reading the poem in Latin is more amazing. Furthermore, some of Virgil's references to Rome act as small history lessons about the time period of the Emperor Augustus during which the book was written. Augustus reigned during the height of the Roman Empire. Virgil was alive during the time of Rome's most ambitious expansions and witnessed how great empires...

This theme is most prominent in the Aeneid.
Because I have the privilege of reading it in Latin as well as in English translation, Virgil's Aeneid has had a greater impact on my life than any other work of literature. The Aeneid encapsulates the glory and the heroism of the Roman Empire while also hinting at its weaknesses. The weaknesses are all due to human nature, the main reason why Virgil's Aeneid is a timeless and…