He Came To Read Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCADEFGEH| He came to read Two or three books | A |
| are open historians and poets | B |
| But he only read for ten minutes | B |
| and gave them up He is dozing | C |
| on the sofa He is fully devoted to books | A |
| but he is twenty three years old and he's very handsome | D |
| and this afternoon love passed | E |
| through his ideal flesh his lips | F |
| Through his flesh which is full of beauty | G |
| the heat of love passed | E |
| without any silly shame for the form of the enjoyment | H |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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