Temethos, Antiochian, A.d. 400 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFFDDGBBHD| Lines written by young Temethos madly in love | A |
| The tile 'Emonidis' the favourite | B |
| of Antiochos Epiphanis a very good looking young man | C |
| from Samosata But if the lines come out | B |
| ardent full of feeling it's because Emonidis | D |
| belonging to another much older time | E |
| the th year of the Greek kingdom | F |
| maybe a bit earlier is in the poem | F |
| merely as a name a suitable one nevertheless | D |
| The poem gives voice to the love Temethos feels | D |
| a beautiful kind of love worthy of him | G |
| We the initiated | B |
| his intimate friends we the initiated | B |
| know about whom those lines were written | H |
| The unsuspecting Antiochians read simply 'Emonidis' | D |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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