A Byzantine Nobleman In Exile Composing Verses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFGHIJKLLLLLLM| The frivolous can call me frivolous | A |
| I've always been most punctilious about | B |
| important things And I insist | C |
| that no one knows better than I do | D |
| the Holy Fathers or the Scriptures or the Canons of the Councils | E |
| Whenever he was in doubt | B |
| whenever he had any ecclesiastical problem | F |
| Botaniatis consulted me me first of all | G |
| But exiled here may she be cursed that viper | H |
| Irini Doukaina and incredibly bored | I |
| it is not altogether unfitting to amuse myself | J |
| writing six and eight line verses | K |
| to amuse myself poeticizing myths | L |
| of Hermes and Apollo and Dionysos | L |
| or the heroes of Thessaly and the Peloponnese | L |
| and to compose the most strict iambics | L |
| such as if you'll allow me to say so | L |
| the intellectuals of Constantinople don't know how to compose | L |
| It must be just this strictness that provokes their disapproval | M |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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