Philhellene Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMINIEMOM PQME| Make sure the engraving is done skillfully | A |
| The expression serious majestic | B |
| The diadem preferably somewhat narrow | C |
| I don't like that broad kind the Parthians wear | D |
| The inscription as usual in Greek | E |
| nothing excessive nothing pompous | F |
| we don't want the proconsul to take it the wrong way | G |
| he's always nosing things out and reporting back to Rome | H |
| but of course giving me due honor | I |
| Something very special on the other side | J |
| some discus thrower young good looking | K |
| Above all I urge you to see to it | L |
| Sithaspis for God's sake don't let them forget | M |
| that after King and Savior | I |
| they engrave Philhellene in elegant characters | N |
| Now don't try to be clever | I |
| with your where are the Greeks and what things Greek | E |
| here behind Zagros out beyond Phraata | M |
| Since so many others more barbarian than ourselves | O |
| choose to inscribe it we will inscribe it too | M |
| And besides don't forget that sometimes | P |
| sophists do come to us from Syria | Q |
| and versifiers and other triflers of that kind | M |
| So we are not I think un Greek | E |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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