Julian Seeing Contempt Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEFBFGFH| Observing then that there is great contempt for the gods | A |
| among us he says in his solemn way | B |
| Contempt But what did he expect | C |
| Let him organize religion as much as he liked | D |
| write to the High Priest of Galatia as much as he liked | D |
| or to others of his kind inciting them giving instructions | E |
| His friends weren't Christians that much was certain | F |
| But even so they couldn't play | B |
| as he could brought up a Christian | F |
| with a new religious system | G |
| ludicrous in both theory and application | F |
| They were after all Greeks Nothing in excess Augustus | H |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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