He Asked About The Quality Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHFIJKLMNOPPGN QRSTUVWXYZ| He left the office where he'd been given | A |
| a trivial poorly paid job | B |
| something like eight pounds a month including bonuses | C |
| left at the end of the dreary work | D |
| that kept him bent all afternoon | E |
| came out at seven and walked off slowly | F |
| idling his way down the street Good looking | G |
| and interesting showing as he did that he'd reached | H |
| his full sensual capacity | F |
| He'd turned twenty nine the month before | I |
| He idled his way down the main street | J |
| and the poor side streets that led to his home | K |
| Passing in front of a small shop that sold | L |
| cheap and flimsy merchandise for workers | M |
| he saw a face inside a figure | N |
| that compelled him to go in and he pretended | O |
| he wanted to look at some coloured handkerchiefs | P |
| He asked about the quality of the handkerchiefs | P |
| and how much they cost his voice choking | G |
| almost silenced by desire | N |
| And the answers came back in the same mood | Q |
| distracted the voice hushed | R |
| offering hidden consent | S |
| They kept on talking about the merchandise | T |
| but the only purpose that their hands might touch | U |
| over the handkerchiefs that their faces their lips | V |
| might move close together as though by chance | W |
| a moment's meeting of limb against limb | X |
| Quickly secretly so the shop owner sitting at the back | Y |
| wouldn't realize what was going on | Z |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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