In Sparta Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IJKLMN OJJJPF| He didn't know King Kleomenis he didn't dare | A |
| he just did not know how to tell his mother | B |
| a thing like this that Ptolemy demanded | C |
| to guarantee their treaty that she too go to Egypt | D |
| and be held there as a hostage | E |
| a very humiliating indecorous thing | F |
| And he would be about to speak yet always hesitate | G |
| would start to tell her yet always stop | H |
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| But the magnificent woman understood him | I |
| she had already heard some rumors about it | J |
| and she encouraged him to come out with it clearly | K |
| And she laughed saying of course she would go | L |
| indeed was happy that in her old age | M |
| she could be useful to Sparta still | N |
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| As for the humiliation that didn't touch her at all | O |
| Of course an upstart like the Lagid | J |
| couldn't possibly comprehend the Spartan spirit | J |
| so his demand could not in fact humiliate | J |
| a Royal Lady like herself | P |
| mother of a Spartan king | F |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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