On An Italian Shore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGC HAI| Kimos son of Menedoros a young Greek Italian | A |
| devotes his life to amusing himself | B |
| like most young men in Greater Greece | C |
| brought up in the lap of luxury | D |
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| But today in spite of his nature | E |
| he is preoccupied dejected Near the shore | F |
| he watched deeply distressed as they unload | G |
| ships with booty taken from the Peloponnese | C |
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| G r e e k l o o t b o o t y f r o m C o r i n t h | - |
| - | |
| Today certainly it is not right | H |
| it is not possible for the young Greek Italian | A |
| to want to amuse himself in any way | I |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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