Sophist Leaving Syria Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGFHBIF| Eminent sophist now that you are leaving Syria | A |
| with plans to write a book about Antioch | B |
| it's worth your mentioning Mevis in your work | C |
| the famous Mevis unquestionably | D |
| the best looking the most adored young man | E |
| in all Antioch No one of the others | F |
| living his kind of life no one of them gets paid | G |
| what he gets paid To have Mevis | F |
| just for two or three days they often give | H |
| as much as a hundred staters I said in Antioch | B |
| but in Alexandria as well in fact in Rome even | I |
| you can't find a young man as attractive as Mevis | F |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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