On The Stairs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMN| As I was going down those ill famed stairs | A |
| you were coming through the door and for a second | B |
| I saw your unfamiliar face and you saw mine | C |
| Then I hid so you wouldn't see me again | D |
| and you hurried past me hiding your face | E |
| and slipped inside the ill famed house | F |
| where you couldn't have found pleasure any more than I did | G |
| And yet the love you were looking for I had to give you | H |
| the love I was looking for so your tired knowing eyes | I |
| implied | J |
| you had to give me | K |
| Our bodies sensed and sought each other | L |
| our blood and skin understood | M |
| But we both hid ourselves flustered | N |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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