Manuel Comninos Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFBGHI JBK| One dreary September day | A |
| Emperor Manuel Komninos | B |
| felt his death was near | C |
| The court astrologers bribed of course went on babbling | D |
| about how many years he still had to live | E |
| But while they were having their say | B |
| he remebered an old religious custom | F |
| and ordered ecclesiastical vestments | B |
| to be brought from a monastery | G |
| and he put them on glad to assume | H |
| the modest image of a priest or monk | I |
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| Happy all those who believe | J |
| and like Emperor Manuel end their lives | B |
| dressed modestly in their faith | K |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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