<em>             The Art of Love</em> is a didactic poem created by Ovid (a roman elegiac and epic poet).  It was created about 2-1 BC.  The Art of Love is a poem of love that is divided into three sections: “first telling men how to choose and capture their chosen women, second telling men how to keep this woman, and third directed at women, instructing them how to behave in reaction to the behavior suggested to men in the first two books.” (Reference guide to world literature) The poem consists of metaphors for men to master women.  The whole idea of this poem is love, but for men meaning sexual. For Ovid having a lot of experience he quoted “what I write, believe me, I have practiced.”  The arts of love was a great success that of Ovid and especially during the Middle Ages and high ages.

  The reason that “The art of love” was created was because Ovid felt what they called Tristia. His poem brought people to think of many views. Some people agree with what he said, but then others felt offended. During its time it won the poet eternal fame.

            Many people today still read the poem of The Art of Love. It’s a great story for both women and men to read.  And in my point of view I agree in today’s society if girl were to read this magnificent work they would agree when Ovid talks about how “if a woman follows a beauty regimen specific to herself and exudes “elegance”, then she will be seen as desirable to many men.” (Poetry connection)  Many men know a day’s judge a women by the way girl is dress and that exactly what Ovid talks about. `By the way that Ovid expresses him in B.C about how women and men are seen, many things have not been changed.

            What I found meaningful about The Art of Love is about how Ovid gives both men and women advice on love. It’s surprising when someone from experience talks about what they went through and still give great advice.  But the bad thing about this poem is that it could be taken as two ways: sex or love.

                                                                                Work Cited

Graham, Colin. "<a href="http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&amp;id=GALE%7CCX3408400709&amp;v=2.1&amp;u=txshracd2487&amp;it=r&amp;p=GVRL&amp;sw=w" target="_blank">The Art of Love (Ars Amatoria) Poem by Ovid, C. 1 BC</a>." <span style="text-decoration: underline">Reference Guide to World Literature</span>. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 2: Works. 3<sup>rd</sup> ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 2003. 1142-1143.

N.p.: n.p., n.d. <em>Poetry Connection</em>. Web. 23 Feb. 2011.

"<a href="http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&amp;id=GALE%7CCX3404704911&amp;v=2.1&amp;u=txshracd2487&amp;it=r&amp;p=GVRL&amp;sw=w" target="_blank">Ovid</a>." <span style="text-decoration: underline">Encyclopedia of World Biography</span>. Vol. 12. 2<sup>nd</sup> ed. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 34-36. <span style="text-decoration: underline">Gale Virtual Reference Library</span>. Gale. Austin Community College Libraries. 31 Jan. 2011