P+T 128-146 #3 pg.47

The simile isn't pretty or attractive as said but it definitely is effective. After reading the two things being compared, "fistula plumbO scinditur," and, "Cruor Emicat altE," you know what he's talking about. Then he goes further to say it spurts out as if long streams of water(coming out from the pipe), "longas EiaculAtur aquAs,". When you finish reading the simile you know the blood is shooting out high, you know he has inflicted upon himself a very deep and very fatal wound, and also, you know most definitely he is going to die with all of that blood beating out of him. And also, outside the simile, he goes on to paint an even more vivid and clear picture in the reader's mind, "ictibus Aera rumpit". In three lines Ovid not only disgusts and creeps out many people but he has captured one of the most horrific scenes and put the most distinct and intense image in my mind.