Constantine P. Cavafy

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In A Township Of Asia Minor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFEFG FHEIJJKLMNOPQAG

The news about the outcome of the sea battle at ActiumA
was of course unexpectedB
But there's no need for us to draft a new proclamationC
The name's the only thing that has to be changedD
There in the concluding lines instead of Having freed the RomansE
from Octavius that disasterF
that parody of a CaesarF
we'll substitute Having freed the RomansE
from Antony that disasterF
The whole text fits very nicelyG
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To the most glorious victorF
matchless in his military venturesH
prodigious in his political operationsE
on whose behalf the township ardently wishedI
for Antony's triumphJ
here as we said the substitution for Octavius Caesar's triumphJ
regarding it as Zeus' finest giftK
to this mighty protector of the GreeksL
who graciously honors Greek customsM
who is beloved in every Greek domainN
who clearly deserves exalted praiseO
and whose exploits should be recorded at lengthP
in the Greek language in both verse and proseQ
in the Greek language the vehicle of fameA
et cetera et cetera It all fits brilliantlyG

Constantine P. Cavafy



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