The	DT	O
15	CD	O
books	NNS	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
«	)	B-AWORK
Metamorphoses	NNS	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
are	VBP	O
themselves	PP	O
an	DT	O
expression	NN	O
of	IN	O
programmatic	JJ	O
meaning	NN	O
.	SENT	O

The	DT	O
poetry	NN	O
book	NN	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
Augustan	JJ	O
age	NN	O
shows	VBZ	O
a	DT	O
predilection	NN	O
for	IN	O
multiples	NNS	O
of	IN	O
5	CD	O
(	(	O
Vergil	NP	B-AAUTHOR
's	POS	I-AAUTHOR
«	)	B-AWORK
Eclogues	NNS	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
;	:	I-AWORK
Tibullus	NP	B-REFAUWORK
,	,	I-REFAUWORK
Book	NP	B-REFSCOPE
1	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
Horace	NP	B-REFAUWORK
,	,	I-REFAUWORK
Satires	NP	I-REFAUWORK
1	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
Odes	NP	B-REFAUWORK
2-4	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
Epistles	NP	B-REFAUWORK
1	CD	B-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
.	SENT	I-REFSCOPE

This	DT	O
preference	NN	O
is	VBZ	O
repeated	VBN	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
Ovidian	JJ	O
elegiac	JJ	O
collections	NNS	O
.	SENT	O

The	DT	O
first	JJ	O
book	NN	O
of	IN	O
each	DT	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
three	CD	O
collections	NNS	O
of	IN	O
elegies	NNS	O
divided	VBN	O
into	IN	O
several	JJ	O
books	NNS	O
(	(	O
i.	FW	O
e.	FW	O
,	,	O
«	)	B-AWORK
Amores	NP	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
,	,	I-AWORK
15	CD	O
elegies	NNS	O
;	:	O
«	)	B-AWORK
Tristia	NP	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
,	,	I-AWORK
10	CD	O
;	:	O
and	CC	O
«	)	B-AWORK
Ex	NP	I-AWORK
Ponto	NP	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
,	,	I-AWORK
10	CD	O
)	)	O
seems	VBZ	O
to	TO	O
be	VB	O
based	VBN	O
upon	IN	O
this	DT	O
principle	NN	O
.	SENT	O

The	DT	O
division	NN	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
«	)	B-AWORK
Metamorphoses	NNS	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
into	IN	O
15	CD	O
books	NNS	O
signals	VBZ	O
its	PP$	O
distance	NN	O
from	IN	O
the	DT	O
traditional	JJ	O
epic	NN	O
,	,	O
which	WDT	O
is	VBZ	O
characterized	VBN	O
by	IN	O
a	DT	O
number	NN	O
corresponding	JJ	O
to	TO	O
a	DT	O
multiple	NN	O
of	IN	O
6.	CD	O