From Tristia, Book 10
-Exile: the condition of being cut off from one's homeland
-Set in the Pontus; he [Ovid] has been there three years; time is passing by very slowly and it seems even longer
-The people there fear war and stand ready to fight, as it is an everyday fear
-Ovid is an outcast, an exiled person from Rome, who is mocked by the Getae for his Latin speaking, understood by no one and seeming like a barbarian
-He believes he might deserve the exile, just not in such a place; seems as if he hurt Caesar and is a bit unsure of what he feels he deserves
Far Corners of the Earth: Tu Fu
-Set near the Chiang-han mountains of China; time and the world is passing by
-Wang Ts'an and Ch'u Yuan are exiled, as is Tu Fu
From Beowulf
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