Of Coloured Glass Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEFBGHIJJBC| I am very moved by one detail | A |
| in the coronation at Vlachernai of John Kantakuzinos | B |
| and Irini daughter of Andronikos Asan | C |
| Because they had only a few precious stones | B |
| our afflicted empire was extremely poor | D |
| they wore artificial ones numerous pieces of glass | B |
| red green or blue I find | E |
| nothing humiliating or undignified | F |
| in those little pieces of colored glass | B |
| On the contrary they seem | G |
| a sad protest against | H |
| the unjust misfortune of the couple being crowned | I |
| symbols of what they deserved to have | J |
| of what surely it was right that they should have | J |
| at their coronation a Lord John Kantakuzinos | B |
| a Lady Irini daughter of Andronikos Asan | C |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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