John Kantakuzinos Triumphs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EF AGHF HIHIGGJ HFKLMNG| He sees the fields that still belong to him | A |
| the wheat the animals the trees laden with fruit | B |
| and beyond them his ancestral home | C |
| full of clothes costly furniture silverware | D |
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| They'll take it all away from him O God they'll take it all | E |
| away from him now | F |
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| Would Kantakuzinos show pity for him | A |
| if he went and fell at his feet They say he's merciful | G |
| very merciful But those around him And the army | H |
| Or should he fall down and plead before Lady Irini | F |
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| Fool that he was to get mixed up in Anna's party | H |
| If only Lord Andronikos had never married her | I |
| Has she ever done anything good shown any humanity | H |
| Even the Franks don't respect her any longer | I |
| Her plans were ridiculous all her plotting farcical | G |
| While they were threatening everyone from Constantinople | G |
| Kantakuzinos demolished them Lord John demolished them | J |
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| And to think he'd planned to join Lord John's party | H |
| And he would have done it and would have been happy now | F |
| a great nobleman still his position secure | K |
| if the bishop hadn't dissuaded him at the last moment | L |
| with his imposing hieratic presence | M |
| his information bogus from beginning to end | N |
| his promises and all his drivel | G |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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