Kaisarion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFGDD AHIJ KILMNDLBODPQRHBD| Partly to throw light on a certain period | A |
| partly to kill an hour or two | B |
| last night I picked up and read | C |
| a volume of inscriptions about the Ptolemies | D |
| The lavish praise and flattery are much the same | E |
| for each of them All are brilliant | F |
| glorious mighty benevolent | F |
| everything they undertake is full of wisdom | G |
| As for the women of their line the Berenices and Cleopatras | D |
| they too all of them are marvelous | D |
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| When I'd verified the facts I wanted | A |
| I would have put the book away had not a brief | H |
| insignificant mention of King Kaisarion | I |
| suddenly caught my eye | J |
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| And there you were with your indefinable charm | K |
| Because we know | I |
| so little about you from history | L |
| I could fashion you more freely in my mind | M |
| I made you good looking and sensitive | N |
| My art gives your face | D |
| a dreamy an appealing beauty | L |
| And so completely did I imagine you | B |
| that late last night | O |
| as my lamp went out I let it go out on purpose | D |
| it seemed you came into my room | P |
| it seemed you stood there in front of me looking just as you would have | Q |
| in conquered Alexandria | R |
| pale and weary ideal in your grief | H |
| still hoping they might take pity on you | B |
| those scum who whispered Too many Caesars | D |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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