What do we learn about Catullus the man from the selection of poetry we have read?

Through reading the selection of poetry three parts of Catullus's consciousness are revealed. Catullus has a loving side that is fraught with torment as he cannot obtain what he desires, he is a top academic in his knowledge and also his skill in using the Latin language and last but not least is a fierce intellectual as the 'Story of Attis' shows. Overall, although he painstakingly describes and devotes many poems to Lesbia, the most important part of Catullus's psyche is the need to be remembered for his work and ideas.
Poem one, although small, is quite an important one in terms of content and meaning. It shows that Catullus, aside the jokes about his, 'novum lepidum libellum' wants people to think that his, 'nugas esse aliquid.' He seems to be a modest person, dismissing his toils as a, 'quidquid libelli quaelumque', but he has true ambitions. He wants his work to, 'maneat perenne plus uno saeclo' as they are worthy of that timelessness. Notice too, the positioning of this poem...