One Of Their Gods Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFGHIJKLMNMOPB| When one of them passed through the market place | A |
| of Seleucia toward the hour that night falls | B |
| as a tall and perfectly handsome youth | C |
| with the joy of immortality in his eyes | D |
| with his scented black hair | E |
| the passers by would stare at him | F |
| and one would ask the other if he knew him | F |
| and if he were a Greek of Syria or a stranger But some | G |
| who watched with greater attention | H |
| would understand and stand aside | I |
| and as he vanished under the arcades | J |
| into the shadows and into the lights of the evening | K |
| heading toward the district that lives | L |
| only at night with orgies and debauchery | M |
| and every sort of drunkenness and lust | N |
| they would ponder which of Them he might be | M |
| and for what suspect enjoyment | O |
| he had descended to the streets of Seleucia | P |
| from the Venerable Most Hallowed Halls | B |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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