Ovids Amores poems
... In Ovid’s eight Amores poems, the reader gets the impression that the speaker is addicted to love. ... The speaker in these poems gives the impression that his love is a sickness that he cannot control. ... These three poems all help to convey the theme that the speaker views his tendency to fall in love as an illness, rather that an emotion over which he has power. ... In conclusion, the speaker in Ovid’s Amores poems has gone beyond the point of simply enjoying love.