The Afternoon Sun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEAFGHIJKLJAMNG| This room how well I know it | A |
| Now they're renting it and the one next to it | A |
| as offices The whole house has become | B |
| an office building for agents businessmen companies | C |
| This room how familiar it is | D |
| The couch was here near the door | E |
| a Turkish carpet in front of it | A |
| Close by the shelf with two yellow vases | F |
| On the right no opposite a wardrobe with a mirror | G |
| In the middle the table where he wrote | H |
| and the three big wicker chairs | I |
| Beside the window the bed | J |
| where we made love so many times | K |
| They must still be around somewhere those old things | L |
| Beside the window the bed | J |
| the afternoon sun used to touch half of it | A |
| One afternoon at four o'clock we separated | M |
| for a week only And then | N |
| that week became forever | G |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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