#latin composition

[quidam-vir]

The beginning of Kafka's Metamorphosis adapted into Dactylic Hexameter:

Cīmicis in corpus male māne Gregōrius ortus

sollicitīs sē versum quīvit vīsere noctīs.

ante oculōs sīc permulta aegraque crūra tremēbant

quōmodo rāmōs fortiter īnfirmōs movet āēr.

"Gregor having risen from anxious dreams was able to behold himself turned wickedly into the body of an insect. Before his eyes very many and sickly legs were trembling so, just as the wind powerfully stirs weak branches."

[rhyslahey]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I finished it! The delay is solely because I should have never have planned to do verse composition (which I never could do, but here we are...).

[bakkhe]

Latin and Greek comp

Can anyone help me with this? Since my very best friend is at the graduate program the University of Kentucky, as well as being in both her composition courses, I was wondering if there were any (preferably free, with an answer key) ways to learn composing good Latin and Greek? I know it can greatly increase reading speed, as it gets you to think in both the languages, and since my university hardly touches on composition (we use Wheelock’s for Latin and Hansen and Quinn for Greek) I feel quite deficient. While I have my Wheelock’s still, my H&Q is not currently in my possession, and while I know those both have resources for composition, I was wondering if there are any books dedicated to the subject?

[sophisticatenature]

To all my Latin reading followers:

I'd like to practice my Latin composition, so I think I'll start writing some posts in lingua Latina for practice. Please feel free to correct me whenever you see a mistake! Gratias vobis ago! Hac nocte, luna plena est. Cogitatisne luna plena dementes facit? Quando luna plena est, sollicita fessaque fio. It's not the most profound thing ever written in the language, but ok for a first try...right?