Alexandrian Kings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFC GCGHIJCCKCCC LC MNCOPPPPPQRSN| The Alexandrians were gathered | A |
| to see Cleopatra's children | B |
| Caesarion and his little brothers | C |
| Alexander and Ptolemy whom for the first | D |
| time they lead out to the Gymnasium | E |
| there to proclaim kings | F |
| in front of the grand assembly of the soldiers | C |
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| Alexander they named him king | G |
| of Armenia Media and the Parthians | C |
| Ptolemy they named him king | G |
| of Cilicia Syria and Phoenicia | H |
| Caesarion stood more to the front | I |
| dressed in rose colored silk | J |
| on his breast a bouquet of hyacinths | C |
| his belt a double row of sapphires and amethysts | C |
| his shoes fastened with white | K |
| ribbons embroidered with rose pearls | C |
| Him they named more than the younger ones | C |
| him they named King of Kings | C |
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| The Alexandrians of course understood | L |
| that those were theatrical words | C |
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| But the day was warm and poetic | M |
| the sky was a light azure | N |
| the Alexandrian Gymnasium was | C |
| a triumphant achievement of art | O |
| the opulence of the courtiers was extraordinary | P |
| Caesarion was full of grace and beauty | P |
| son of Cleopatra blood of the Lagidae | P |
| and the Alexandrians rushed to the ceremony | P |
| and got enthusiastic and cheered | P |
| in greek and egyptian and some in hebrew | Q |
| enchanted by the beautiful spectacle | R |
| although they full well knew what all these were worth | S |
| what hollow words these kingships were | N |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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