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 Actium | A |
| was of course unexpected | B |
| But there's no need for us to draft a new proclamation | C |
| The name's the only thing that has to be changed | D |
| There in the concluding lines instead of Having freed the Romans | E |
| from Octavius that disaster | F |
| that parody of a Caesar | F |
| we'll substitute Having freed the Romans | E |
| from Antony that disaster | F |
| The whole text fits very nicely | G |
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| To the most glorious victor | F |
| matchless in his military ventures | H |
| prodigious in his political operations | E |
| on whose behalf the township ardently wished | I |
| for Antony's triumph | J |
| here as we said the substitution for Octavius Caesar's triumph | J |
| regarding it as Zeus' finest gift | K |
| to this mighty protector of the Greeks | L |
| who graciously honors Greek customs | M |
| who is beloved in every Greek domain | N |
| who clearly deserves exalted praise | O |
| and whose exploits should be recorded at length | P |
| in the Greek language in both verse and prose | Q |
| in the Greek language the vehicle of fame | A |
| et cetera et cetera It all fits brilliantly | G |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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