Aemilianus Monae, Alexandrian, 628 - 655 A.d. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGB FBHF| With words with countenance and with manners | A |
| I shall build an excellent panoply | B |
| and in this way I shall face evil men | C |
| without having any fear or weakness | D |
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| They will want to harm me But of those | E |
| who approach me none will know | F |
| where my wounds are my vulnerable parts | G |
| under all the lies that will cover me | B |
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| Boastful words of Aemilianus Monae | F |
| Did he ever build this panoply | B |
| In any case he did not wear it much | H |
| He died in Sicily at the age of twenty seven | F |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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