Analysis of He Came to Read
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
He came to read. Two or three books
are open; historians and poets.
But he only read for ten minutes,
and gave them up. He is dozing
on the sofa. He is fully devoted to books
but he is twenty-three years old, and he's very handsome;
and this afternoon love passed
through his ideal flesh, his lips.
Through his flesh which is full of beauty
the heat of love passed;
without any silly shame for the form of the enjoyment.....
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 1100100010 111011110 01111110 1010111001011 11110111011010 010111 1101111 111111110 01111 011010110110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 423 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 327 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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