Candles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHICJFE| The days of the future stand in front of us | A |
| Like a line of candles all alight | B |
| Golden and warm and lively little candles | C |
| The days that are past are left behind | D |
| A mournful row of candles that are out | E |
| The nearer ones are still smoking | F |
| Candles cold and melted candles bent | G |
| I don t want to see them their shapes hurt me | H |
| It hurts me to remember the light of them at first | I |
| I look before me at my lighted candles | C |
| I don t want to turn around and see with horror | J |
| How quickly the dark line is lengthening | F |
| How quickly the candles multiply that have been put out | E |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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