In Despair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDA EFGHF EIAJ| He has lost him completely And now he is seeking | A |
| on the lips of every new lover | B |
| the lips of his beloved in the embrace | C |
| of every new lover he seeks to be deluded | D |
| that he is the same lad that it it to him he is yielding | A |
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| He has lost him copmletely as if he had never been at all | E |
| For he wanted so he said he wanted to be saved | F |
| from the stigmatized the sick sensual delight | G |
| from the stigmatized sensual delight of shame | H |
| There was still time as he said to be saved | F |
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| He has lost him completely as if he had never been at all | E |
| In his imagination in his delusions | I |
| on the lips of others it is his lips he is seeking | A |
| he is longing to feel again the love he has known | J |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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