Nero's Turn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG AHEIIJ KHH| Nero was not worried when he heard | A |
| the prophecy of the Delphic Oracle | B |
| Let him fear the seventy three years | C |
| He still had ample time to enjoy himself | D |
| He is thirty More than sufficient | E |
| is the term the god allots him | F |
| to prepare for future perils | G |
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| Now he will return to Rome slightly tired | A |
| but delightfully tired from this journey | H |
| full of days of enjoyment | E |
| at the theaters the gardens the gymnasia | I |
| evenings at cities of Achaia | I |
| Ah the delight of nude bodies above all | J |
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| Thus fared Nero And in Spain Galba | K |
| secretly assembles and drills his army | H |
| the old man of seventy three | H |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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