Ithaca Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFGCDHI AJKLMNGEOPQ ERGSTUVGWI IXY| When you set out for Ithaka | A |
| ask that your way be long | A |
| full of adventure full of instruction | B |
| The Laistrygonians and the Cyclops | C |
| angry Poseidon do not fear them | D |
| such as these you will never find | E |
| as long as your thought is lofty as long as a rare | F |
| emotion touch your spirit and your body | G |
| The Laistrygonians and the Cyclops | C |
| angry Poseidon you will not meet them | D |
| unless you carry them in your soul | H |
| unless your soul raise them up before you | I |
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| Ask that your way be long | A |
| At many a Summer dawn to enter | J |
| with what gratitude what joy | K |
| ports seen for the first time | L |
| to stop at Phoenician trading centres | M |
| and to buy good merchandise | N |
| mother of pearl and coral amber and ebony | G |
| and sensuous perfumes of every kind | E |
| sensuous perfumes as lavishly as you can | O |
| to visit many Egyptian cities | P |
| to gather stores of knowledge from the learned | Q |
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| Have Ithaka always in your mind | E |
| Your arrival there is what you are destined for | R |
| But don't in the least hurry the journey | G |
| Better it last for years | S |
| so that when you reach the island you are old | T |
| rich with all you have gained on the way | U |
| not expecting Ithaka to give you wealth | V |
| Ithaka gave you a splendid journey | G |
| Without her you would not have set out | W |
| She hasn't anything else to give you | I |
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| And if you find her poor Ithaka hasn't deceived you | I |
| So wise you have become of such experience | X |
| that already you'll have understood what these Ithakas mean | Y |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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