The City Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IJKLMNGO| You said I will go to another land I will go to another sea | A |
| Another city will be found a better one than this | B |
| Every effort of mine is a condemnation of fate | C |
| and my heart is like a corpse buried | D |
| How long will my mind remain in this wasteland | E |
| Wherever I turn my eyes wherever I may look | F |
| I see black ruins of my life here | G |
| where I spent so many years destroying and wasting | H |
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| You will find no new lands you will find no other seas | I |
| The city will follow you You will roam the same | J |
| streets And you will age in the same neighborhoods | K |
| and you will grow gray in these same houses | L |
| Always you will arrive in this city Do not hope for any other | M |
| There is no ship for you there is no road | N |
| As you have destroyed your life here | G |
| in this little corner you have ruinded it in the entire world | O |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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