Returning From Greece Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFAAG HIAAJ AAKAAILMNO APQAG| Well we're nearly there Hermippos | A |
| Day after tomorrow it seems that's what the captain said | B |
| At least we're sailing our seas | A |
| the waters of our own countries Cyprus Syria Egypt | C |
| waters we know and love | D |
| Why so silent Ask your heart | E |
| didn't you too feel happier | F |
| the further we got from Greece | A |
| What's the point of fooling ourselves | A |
| That wouldn't be properly Greek would it | G |
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| It's time we admitted the truth | H |
| we're Greeks also what else are we | I |
| but with Asiatic tastes and feelings | A |
| tastes and feelings | A |
| sometimes alien to Hellenism | J |
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| It isn't correct Hermippos for us philosophers | A |
| to be like some of our petty kings | A |
| remember how we laughed at them | K |
| when they used to come to our lectures | A |
| who through their showy Hellenified exteriors | A |
| Macedonian exteriors naturally | I |
| let a bit of Arabia peep out now and then | L |
| a bit of Media they can't keep back | M |
| And to what laughable lengths the fools went | N |
| trying to cover it up | O |
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| No that's not at all correct for us | A |
| For Greeks like us that kind of pettiness won't do | P |
| We simply can't be ashamed | Q |
| of the Syrian and Egyptian blood in our veins | A |
| we should really honour it delight in it | G |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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