And I Lounged And Lay On Their Beds Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEDFAGHGD| When I went to that house of pleasure | A |
| I didn't stay in the front rooms where they celebrate | B |
| with some decorum the accepted modes of love | C |
| I went into the secret rooms | D |
| and lounged and lay on their beds | E |
| I went into the secret rooms | D |
| considered shameful even to name | F |
| But not shameful to me because if they were | A |
| what kind of poet what kind of artist would I be | G |
| I'd rather be an ascetic That would be more in keeping | H |
| much more in keeping with my poetry | G |
| than for me to find pleasure in the commonplace rooms | D |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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