In The Tavernas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEACCFGGH| I wallow in the tavernas and brothels of Beirut | A |
| I didn't want to stay | B |
| in Alexandria Tamides left me | C |
| he went off with the Prefect's son to earn himself | D |
| a villa on the Nile a mansion in the city | C |
| It wouldn't have been right for me to stay in Alexandria | E |
| I wallow in the tavernas and brothels of Beirut | A |
| I live a vile life devoted to cheap debauchery | C |
| The one thing that saves me | C |
| like durable beauty like perfume | F |
| that goes on clinging to my flesh is this Tamides | G |
| most exquisite of young men was mine for two years | G |
| and mine not for a house or a villa on the Nile | H |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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