Footsteps Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE BFBCBGBBBHGGBB| On an ebony bed decorated | A |
| with coral eagles sound asleep lies | B |
| Nero unconscious quiet and blissful | C |
| thriving in the vigor of flesh | D |
| and in the splendid power of youth | E |
| - | |
| But in the alabaster hall that encloses | B |
| the ancient shrine of the Aenobarbi | F |
| how restive are his Lares | B |
| The little household gods tremble | C |
| and try to hide their insignificant bodies | B |
| For they heard a horrible clamor | G |
| a deathly clamor ascending the stairs | B |
| iron footsteps rattling the stairs | B |
| And now in a faint the miserable Lares | B |
| burrow in the depth of the shrine | H |
| one tumbles and stumbles upon the other | G |
| one little god falls over the other | G |
| for they understand what sort of clamor this is | B |
| they are already feeling the footsteps of the Furies | B |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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