Kleitos' Illness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFDGHIJKILMNFOFP Q| Kleitos a likeable young man | A |
| about twenty three years old | B |
| with a first class education a rare knowledge of Greek | C |
| is seriously ill He caught the fever | D |
| that reaped a harvest this year in Alexandria | E |
| The fever found him already worn out morally | F |
| by the pain of knowing that his friend a young actor | D |
| had stopped loving and wanting him | G |
| He's seriously ill and his parents are terribly worried | H |
| An old servant who brought him up | I |
| is also full of fear for Kleitos' life | J |
| and in her panic | K |
| she remembers an idol she used to worship | I |
| when she was young before she came there as a maid | L |
| to the house of distinguished Christians and turned Christian | M |
| herself | N |
| She secretly brings some votive bread some wine and honey | F |
| and places them before the idol She chants whatever phrases | O |
| she remembers from old prayers odds and ends The ninny | F |
| doesn't realize that the black demon couldn't care less | P |
| whether a Christian gets well or not | Q |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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