In An Old Book Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE F GHIJKLMNOIPQR| Forgotten between the leaves of an old book | A |
| almost a hundred years old | B |
| I found an unsigned watercolor | C |
| It must have been the work of a powerful artist | D |
| Its title Representation of Love | E |
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| love of extreme sensualists would have been more to the point | F |
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| Because it became clear as you looked at the work | G |
| it was easy to see what the artist had in mind | H |
| that the young man in the painting | I |
| was not designated for those | J |
| who love in ways that are more or less healthy | K |
| inside the bounds of what is clearly permissible | L |
| with his deep chestnut eyes | M |
| the rare beauty of his face | N |
| the beauty of anomalous charm | O |
| with those ideal lips that bring | I |
| sensual delight to the body loved | P |
| those ideal limbs shaped for beds | Q |
| that common morality calls shameless | R |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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