Catullus

The poems by Catallus were interesting to read. It was easy to see similarities between Caullus and Sappho, especially since Catallus' poetry was embued with much passion. However, I did not find the basic nature of each poet to be the same, since I found the poetry of Catullus to be more shocking at times. It was easy to find humor in some of the poetry of Catullus and the goals of the poetry seemed to be clearer. I’m wondering, though, if there was some influence going on here, due to the very obvious similarities between the two poets.