Dimaratos Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACAADEDADFEBGGDDHD DADIABJBKKLCMN| His subject 'The Character of Dimaratos' | A |
| which Porphyry proposed to him in conversation | B |
| was outlined by the young sophist as follows | A |
| he planned to develop it rhetorically later | C |
| 'First a courtier of King Dareios | A |
| and after that of King Xerxes | A |
| now with Xerxes and his army | D |
| at last Dimaratos will be vindicated | E |
| He'd been treated very unjustly | D |
| He was definitely Ariston's son but his enemies | A |
| bribed the oracle brazenly | D |
| And it wasn't enough that they deprived him of his kingship | F |
| but when he finally gave in and decided | E |
| to live quietly as a private citizen | B |
| they had to insult him even in front of the people | G |
| they had to humiliate him publicly at the festival | G |
| As a result he serves Xerxes assiduously | D |
| Along with the great Persian army | D |
| he'll make it back to Sparta too | H |
| and once he's king again how quickly | D |
| he'll throw him out how thoroughly | D |
| he'll shame that schemer Leotychidis | A |
| So now he spends his days full of anxiety | D |
| advising the Persians explaining | I |
| what they should do to conquer Greece | A |
| Much worrying much thinking and for this reason | B |
| Dimaratos finds his days so burdensome | J |
| much worrying much thinking and for this reason | B |
| Dimaratos can't find a moment's joy | K |
| because what he's feeling can't be called joy | K |
| it isn't he won't admit it | L |
| how can he call it joy his distress couldn't be greater | C |
| now things make it quite clear to him | M |
| that it's the Greeks who are going to win ' | N |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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