The Bandaged Shoulder Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CDEF GHIJ KLMNON| He said that he had hurt himself on a wall or that he had fallen | A |
| But there was probably another reason | A |
| for the wounded and bandaged shoulder | B |
| - | |
| With a somewhat abrupt movement | C |
| to bring down from a shelf some | D |
| photographs that he wanted to see closely | E |
| the bandage was untied and a little blood ran | F |
| - | |
| I bandaged the shoulder again and while bandaging it | G |
| I was somewhat slow because it did not hurt | H |
| and I liked to look at the blood That | I |
| blood was a part of my love | J |
| - | |
| When he had left I found in front of the chair | K |
| a bloody rag from the bandages | L |
| a rag that looked in belonged in garbage | M |
| which I brought up to my lips | N |
| and which I held there for a long time | O |
| the blood of love on my lips | N |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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