September, 1903 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEDFCGHC| At least let me now deceive myself with illusions | A |
| so as not to feel my empty life | B |
| And yet I came so close so many times | C |
| And yet how paralyzed I was how cowardly | D |
| why did I keep my lips sealed | E |
| while my empty life wept inside me | D |
| my desires wore robes of mourning | F |
| To have been so close so many times | C |
| to those sensual eyes those lips | G |
| to that body I dreamed of loved | H |
| so close so many times | C |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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