The Horses Of Achilles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJK DADLMNOPOJQ| When they saw Patroklos dead | A |
| so brave and strong so young | B |
| the horses of Achilles began to weep | C |
| their immortal nature was upset deeply | D |
| by this work of death they had to look at | E |
| They reared their heads tossed their long manes | F |
| beat the ground with their hooves and mourned | G |
| Patroklos seeing him lifeless destroyed | H |
| now mere flesh only his spirit gone | I |
| defenseless without breath | J |
| turned back from life to the great Nothingness | K |
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| Zeus saw the tears of those immortal horses and felt sorry | D |
| quot At the wedding of Peleus quot he said | A |
| quot I should not have acted so thoughtlessly | D |
| Better if we hadn't given you as a gift | L |
| my unhappy horses What business did you have down there | M |
| among pathetic human beings the toys of fate | N |
| You are free of death you will not get old | O |
| yet ephemeral disasters torment you | P |
| Men have caught you up in their misery quot | O |
| But it was for the eternal disaster of death | J |
| that those two gallant horses shed their tears | Q |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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