Of The Jews (50 A.d.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DBEFGAH AH IJF| Painter and poet runner and discus thrower | A |
| beautiful as Endymion Ianthis son of Antony | B |
| From a family on friendly terms with the Synagogue | C |
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| My most valuable days are those | D |
| when I give up the pursuit of sensuous beauty | B |
| when I desert the elegant and severe cult of Hellenism | E |
| with its over riding devotion | F |
| to perfectly shaped corruptible white limbs | G |
| and become the man I would want to remain forever | A |
| son of the Jews the holy Jews | H |
| - | |
| A most fervent declaration on his part to remain forever | A |
| a son of the Jews the holy Jews | H |
| - | |
| But he did not remain anything of the kind | I |
| The Hedonism and Art of Alexandria | J |
| kept him as their dedicated son | F |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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